Comments – wpDiscuz: known security problems
27 known security problems reported for this WordPress plugin, with the affected versions, the fix and what to do.
Updated
In short
There are 27 known security problems on this page. Each one has a fixed version. Updating to version 7.6.66 or newer covers every fixed problem listed here.
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A stranger could read or change the data in your site’s database (before 7.6.66)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 7.6.66
- Fixed in
- 7.6.66
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Comments – wpDiscuz to version 7.6.66 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-19704
- Report title
- Comments – wpDiscuz < 7.6.66 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 7.6.56)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.6.56
- Fixed in
- 7.6.57
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Comments – wpDiscuz to version 7.6.57 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-9148
- Report title
- Comments <= 7.6.56 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'Website' Field
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 7.6.46)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.6.46
- Fixed in
- 7.6.47
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Comments – wpDiscuz to version 7.6.47 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-22209
- Report title
- Comments – wpDiscuz <= 7.6.46 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could use it to harm your site (up to and including 7.6.42)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.6.42
- Fixed in
- 7.6.44
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Comments – wpDiscuz to version 7.6.44 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-68997
- Report title
- wpDiscuz <= 7.6.42 - Unauthenticated Insecure Direct Object Reference
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could take over your site as an admin
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.6.39
- Fixed in
- 7.6.40
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Comments – wpDiscuz to version 7.6.40 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-13820
- Report title
- Comments – wpDiscuz <= 7.6.39 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass Through Account Takeover
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 7.6.33)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.6.33
- Fixed in
- 7.6.34
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Comments – wpDiscuz to version 7.6.34 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-59591
- Report title
- wpDiscuz <= 7.6.33 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could take over your site as an admin
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.6.24
- Fixed in
- 7.6.25
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Comments – wpDiscuz to version 7.6.25 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-9488
- Report title
- Comments – wpDiscuz <= 7.6.24 - Authentication Bypass via WordPress.com OAuth provider
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could use it to harm your site (up to and including 7.6.21)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.6.21
- Fixed in
- 7.6.22
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Comments – wpDiscuz to version 7.6.22 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-6704
- Report title
- Comments – wpDiscuz <= 7.6.21 - Unauthenticated HTML Injection
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.6.18
- Fixed in
- 7.6.19
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Comments – wpDiscuz to version 7.6.19 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-35681
- Report title
- Comments – wpDiscuz <= 7.6.18 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with an author account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.6.15
- Fixed in
- 7.6.16
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Comments – wpDiscuz to version 7.6.16 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-2477
- Report title
- wpDiscuz <= 7.6.15 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Uploaded Image Alternative Text
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone who already has an admin account could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.6.12
- Fixed in
- 7.6.13
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Comments – wpDiscuz to version 7.6.13 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-51691
- Report title
- wpDiscuz <= 7.6.12 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could trick a logged-in admin into changing settings without knowing (up to and including 7.6.11)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.6.11
- Fixed in
- 7.6.12
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Comments – wpDiscuz to version 7.6.12 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-47775
- Report title
- wpDiscuz <= 7.6.11 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 7.6.11)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.6.11
- Fixed in
- 7.6.12
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Comments – wpDiscuz to version 7.6.12 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-47185
- Report title
- wpDiscuz <= 7.6.11 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Uploaded Image Filename
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with an author account on your site could use it to harm your site
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.6.3
- Fixed in
- 7.6.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Comments – wpDiscuz to version 7.6.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-46311
- Report title
- wpDiscuz <= 7.6.3 - Authenticated(Author+) Insecure Direct Object Reference
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could use it to harm your site (up to and including 7.6.10)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.6.10
- Fixed in
- 7.6.11
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Comments – wpDiscuz to version 7.6.11 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-46310
- Report title
- wpDiscuz <= 7.6.10 - Unauthenticated Content Injection
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site (up to and including 7.6.10)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.6.10
- Fixed in
- 7.6.11
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Comments – wpDiscuz to version 7.6.11 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-46309
- Report title
- wpDiscuz <= 7.6.10 - Insufficient Authorization to Comment Submission on Deleted Posts
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 7.6.3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.6.3
- Fixed in
- 7.6.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Comments – wpDiscuz to version 7.6.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-45760
- Report title
- wpDiscuz <= 7.6.3 - Missing Authorization via AJAX actions
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could read or change the data in your site’s database (before 7.6.6)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 7.6.6
- Fixed in
- 7.6.6
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Comments – wpDiscuz to version 7.6.6 or newer.
- Report title
- wpDiscuz <= 7.6.5 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site (up to and including 7.6.3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.6.3
- Fixed in
- 7.6.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Comments – wpDiscuz to version 7.6.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-3998
- Report title
- wpDiscuz <= 7.6.3 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Post Rating Increase/Decrease
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site (up to and including 7.6.3) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.6.3
- Fixed in
- 7.6.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Comments – wpDiscuz to version 7.6.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-3869
- Report title
- wpDiscuz <= 7.6.3 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Comment Rating Increase/Decrease
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site (up to and including 7.4.2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.4.2
- Fixed in
- 7.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Comments – wpDiscuz to version 7.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2022-43492
- Report title
- Comments – wpDiscuz <= 7.4.2 - Insecure Direct Object References
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site (up to and including 7.3.11)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.3.11
- Fixed in
- 7.3.12
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Comments – wpDiscuz to version 7.3.12 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2022-23984
- Report title
- Comments - wpDiscuz <= 7.3.11 Sensitive Information Disclosure
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could trick a logged-in admin into changing settings without knowing (before 7.3.4)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 7.3.4
- Fixed in
- 7.3.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Comments – wpDiscuz to version 7.3.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2021-24806
- Report title
- Comments - wpDiscuz <= 7.3.3 - Arbitrary Comment Addition/Edition/Deletion by Cross-Site Request Forgery
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 7.3.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.3.0
- Fixed in
- 7.3.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Comments – wpDiscuz to version 7.3.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2021-24737
- Report title
- Comments - wpDiscuz <= 7.3.0 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could run their own code on your site and take it over
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 7.0 up to and including 7.0.4
- Fixed in
- 7.0.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Comments – wpDiscuz to version 7.0.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2020-24186
- Report title
- Comments - wpDiscuz 7.0 - 7.0.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload leading to Remote Code Execution
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could read or change the data in your site’s database
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 5.3.6
- Fixed in
- 5.3.6
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Comments – wpDiscuz to version 5.3.6 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2020-13640
- Report title
- Comments - wpDiscuz <= 5.3.5 - Blind SQL Injection via order Parameter
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 3.1.4)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.1.4
- Fixed in
- 3.2.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Comments – wpDiscuz to version 3.2.0 or newer.
- Report title
- Comments - wpDiscuz <= 3.1.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Where this comes from
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