Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Interaction frequency control
|
| Impact | Severity: Medium (6.5/10.0) No EPSS data available yet HIGH RISK: Remotely exploitable without authentication — internet-facing instances are directly vulnerable Patch is available — prioritize updating to the fixed version |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | This vulnerability can be exploited remotely without authentication or user interaction, making it suitable for automated scanning and mass exploitation. Exploitation can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information, potentially exposing user data, credentials, or internal system details. |
Get an e-mail when this CVE is exploited, patched or re-scored. Free account.
Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Mar 13, 2026
Medium severity vulnerability in wpDiscuz (WordPress plugin). wpDiscuz before 7.6.47 contains a missing rate limiting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to subscribe arbitrary email addresses to post notifications by sending POST requests to the wpdAddSubscription handler in class.WpdiscuzHelperAjax.php. Attackers can exploit LIKE wildcard characters in the subscription query to match multiple email addresses and generate unwanted notific...
RemediationAI
Patches available:
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdiscuz/#developers
Update to the latest patched version as soon as possible.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
Affects your stack
Affects 1 package in euvd
Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.
Technical ContextAI · show details
Vulnerability Type: Improper Control of Interaction Frequency (CWE-799) CVSS 3.1: 6.5/10.0 — Attack Vector: Network | Complexity: Low | Privileges Required: None | User Interaction: None Attack Techniques: Information Disclosure Source: VulnCheck Cross-site scripting allows injection of malicious scripts that execute in victims' browsers, potentially stealing sessions or credentials.
Know when Wpdiscuz gets its next vulnerability
- Watch products and get an email when something new is published
- Check this CVE against your own stack and servers
- Exploit and PoC references, threat intelligence from 22 sources
No credit card · 7-day full trial
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionCVE.org
wpDiscuz before 7.6.47 contains a missing rate limiting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to subscribe arbitrary email addresses to post notifications by sending POST requests to the wpdAddSubscription handler in class.WpdiscuzHelperAjax.php. Attackers can exploit LIKE wildcard characters in the subscription query to match multiple email addresses and generate unwanted notification emails to victim accounts.
Executive ViewAI
Organizations using wpDiscuz before 7.6.47 should be aware of notable risk from CVE-2026-22216 rated CVSS 6.5. Exploitation could compromise the security of affected deployments. A patch is available and should be applied during regular vulnerability management.
Apply vendor patch. If patching is delayed: restrict network access and enable monitoring.
Threat Intelligence Overview
How this decision was reached
The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.
What every action level means
SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
Related Vulnerabilities in wpDiscuz Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
View all 14A Remote Code Execution vulnerability exists in the gVectors wpDiscuz plugin 7.0 through 7.0.4 for WordPress, which allo
A SQL injection issue in the gVectors wpDiscuz plugin 5.3.5 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute
The Comments - wpDiscuz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in gVectors Team Comments - wpDiscuz plugin <= 7.6.11 versions. Rated hi
Auth. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch
The Comments - wpDiscuz WordPress plugin through 7.3.0 does not properly sanitise or escape the Follow and Unfollow mess
The wpDiscuz WordPress plugin before 7.3.4 does check for CSRF when adding, editing and deleting comments, which could a
EUVD-2026-11753
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
VulDB
GitHub PoC
Exploit-DB