High severity · published May 27, 2026
CVE-2026-42749
WordPress Disable Comments for Any Post Types (Remove comments) plugin <= 1.3.0 - Broken Authentication vulnerability
7.1
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Themeisle Disable Comments for Any Post Types (Remove comments) comments-plus allows Password Recovery Exploitation.This issue affects Disable Comments for Any Post Types (Remove comments): from n/a through <= 1.3.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 17% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DC
Disable Comments for Any Post Types (Remove comments) · Themeisle
through 1.3.0 · source: vendor
Affected product
DC
Disable Comments for Any Post Types (Remove comments)
Themeisle
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42749
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-42749
patchstack.com
https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/comments-plus/vulnerability/wordpress-disable-comments-for-any-post-types-remove-comments-plugin-1-3-0-broken-authentication-vulnerability?_s_id=cve