{"id":"CVE-2026-12853","title":"The Flamingo plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.2","summary":"The Flamingo plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.2. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible …","severity":"medium","cvss":5.4,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","cwe":["CWE-862"],"vendor":"rocklobsterinc","product":"Flamingo","affected":["Flamingo <= 2.6.2"],"published":"2026-09-07","updated":"2026-09-08","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-08T17:17:32.367","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12853","references":[{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flamingo/tags/2.6.1/includes/capabilities.php#L5","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flamingo/tags/2.6.1/includes/class-contact.php#L18","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flamingo/tags/2.6.1/includes/class-contact.php#L27","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flamingo/tags/2.6.1/includes/class-inbound-message.php#L29","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flamingo/tags/2.6.1/includes/class-inbound-message.php#L46","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flamingo/tags/2.6.2/includes/capabilities.php#L5","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flamingo/tags/2.6.2/includes/class-contact.php#L18","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flamingo/tags/2.6.2/includes/class-contact.php#L27","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flamingo/tags/2.6.2/includes/class-inbound-message.php#L29","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flamingo/tags/2.6.2/includes/class-inbound-message.php#L46","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3611179/","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0e79a2b2-0491-4778-996d-0a0a80b2a338?source=cve","label":"security@wordfence.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-09-08T16:37:12.541944Z"},"epss":0.0031,"epssPercentile":0.24003,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-08T17:06:31.886Z","slug":"CVE-2026-12853","body":"## Overview\n\nThe Flamingo plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.2. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to enumerate taxonomy terms including channel names derived from Contact Form 7 form titles that may reveal internal form purposes, department names, or workflow identifiers, as well as submission counts per channel and contact tag names. The plugin's flamingo_map_meta_cap() filter restricts access to Flamingo's admin UI but does not extend to WordPress core APIs such as XML-RPC wp.getTerms and admin-ajax ajax-tag-search.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":30,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":29.7,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}