Medium severity · published Mar 13, 2026
CVE-2026-22202
wpDiscuz before 7.6.47 - Destructive GET Action Deletes All Comments by Email
6.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 6% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WP
wpDiscuz · gVectors
before 7.6.47 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22202
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-22202
Product
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdiscuz/
Product
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdiscuz/#developers
Third Party Advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wpdiscuz-before-destructive-get-action-deletes-all-comments-by-email
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