CVE-2025-13820

Comments – wpDiscuz < 7.6.40 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover

State
Published
Severity
5.3 Medium
Published
Jan 1, 2026
Updated
Jan 5, 2026
Reserved
Dec 1, 2025

Read the record on cve.org

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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NCISA-ADP

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
CommentsUnknown
  • before 7.6.40Affected

References

Every record here comes from the CVE Program’s CVE List. © 1999–2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. The records are reproduced under the CVE Program terms of use.