wpDiscuz <= 7.6.10 - Unauthenticated Content Injection

4.3
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
CVE CVE-2023-46310
CVSS 4.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published October 22, 2023
Last Updated October 30, 2023
Researcher Revan Arifio

Description

The wpDiscuz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Content Injection in versions up to, and including, 7.6.10. The cause of this vulnerability is undisclosed at this time. However, this vulnerability makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject new content onto the website, possibly through the manipulation of posts to create new web pages, spam, or phishing.

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Vulnerability Details for Comments – wpDiscuz

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wpdiscuz (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 7.6.11, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 7.6.10
Patched Version
  • 7.6.11

Recent vulnerabilities in Comments – wpDiscuz

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 Comments <= 7.6.56 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'Website' Field CVE-2026-9148 7.2 mickeyjoe July 2, 2026
2 Comments – wpDiscuz <= 7.6.46 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2026-22209 4.4 Scott Moore - VulnCheck March 12, 2026
3 wpDiscuz <= 7.6.42 - Unauthenticated Insecure Direct Object Reference CVE-2025-68997 5.3 Doan Dinh Van (d52v) December 25, 2025
4 Comments – wpDiscuz <= 7.6.39 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass Through Account Takeover CVE-2025-13820 8.1 wesley (wcraft) December 11, 2025
5 wpDiscuz <= 7.6.33 - Missing Authorization CVE-2025-59591 4.3 Legion Hunter September 22, 2025
6 Comments – wpDiscuz <= 7.6.24 - Authentication Bypass via WordPress.com OAuth provider CVE-2024-9488 9.8 wesley (wcraft) October 24, 2024
7 Comments – wpDiscuz <= 7.6.21 - Unauthenticated HTML Injection CVE-2024-6704 5.3 Tieu Pham Trong Nhan August 1, 2024
8 Comments – wpDiscuz <= 7.6.18 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2024-35681 6.4 LVT-tholv2k June 6, 2024
9 wpDiscuz <= 7.6.15 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Uploaded Image Alternative Text CVE-2024-2477 6.4 Ngô Thiên An (ancorn_) April 22, 2024
10 wpDiscuz <= 7.6.12 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2023-51691 4.4 Jeongwoo-Lee(Roronoa) November 17, 2023

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