Description
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 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.
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Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:45:00 +0000
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
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Updated: 2026-09-07T12:29:04.519Z
Reserved: 2026-06-22T03:59:45.292Z
Link: CVE-2026-12853
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-07T13:18:04.133
Modified: 2026-09-07T13:18:04.133
Link: CVE-2026-12853
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