wpDiscuz <= 7.6.10 - Insufficient Authorization to Comment Submission on Deleted Posts

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-46309
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published October 20, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Revan Arifio
Description

The Comments – wpDiscuz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to insufficient validation on the comment functionality in all versions up to, and including, 7.6.10. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to leave comments on trashed posts.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wpdiscuz (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 7.6.10
Patched Version
  • 7.6.11
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