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Medium · 5.3 CVE-2025-13820 EUVD-2026-0001GHSA-77g2-3gj2-8h4q

Comments – wpDiscuz < 7.6.40 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover

Published Jan 1, 2026 · Updated Jan 5, 2026 · Assigned by WPScan

Description

The Comments WordPress plugin before 7.6.40 does not properly validate user's identity when using the disqus.com provider, allowing an attacker to log in to any user (when knowing their email address) when such user does not have an account on disqus.com yet.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— Comments < 7.6.40 7.6.40

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