CVE-2026-22202

wpDiscuz before 7.6.47 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to delete all comments associated with an email address by crafting a malicious GET request with a valid HMAC key. Attackers can embed the deletecomments action URL in image tags or other resources to trigger permanent deletion of comments without user confirmation or POST-based CSRF protection.

CVSS v3 8.1 HIGH

8.1^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdiscuz/	Product
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdiscuz/#developers	Product Release Notes
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wpdiscuz-before-destructive-get-action-deletes-all-comments-by-email	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gvectors:wpdiscuz:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-03-13 19:54

Updated : 2026-03-17 20:24

NVD link : CVE-2026-22202

Mitre link : CVE-2026-22202

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-22202

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gvectors

wpdiscuz

CWE

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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