CVE-2026-22216

MEDIUM

6.5

Description

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.

Details CVE

Score CVSS v3.16.5

SeveriteMEDIUM

Vecteur CVSSCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Vecteur d'attaqueNETWORK

ComplexiteLOW

Privileges requisNONE

Interaction utilisateurNONE

Publie3/13/2026

Derniere modification3/17/2026

Sourcenvd

Observations honeypot0

Produits affectes

gvectors:wpdiscuz

Faiblesses (CWE)

CWE-799

References

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdiscuz/(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdiscuz/#developers(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wpdiscuz-before-no-rate-limiting-on-subscription-endpoints-with-like-wildcard-bypass(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

Correlations IOC

Aucune correlation enregistree

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