Findings

CVE-2026-22216

wpDiscuz before 7.6.47 contains a missing rate limiting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to subscribe arbitrary email addresses to post notification…

Published Mar 13, 2026 · updated Jun 17, 2026 · gvectors wpdiscuz

wpDiscuz before 7.6.47 contains a missing rate limiting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to subscribe arbitrary email addresses to post notifications by sending POST requests to the wpdAddSubscription handler in class.WpdiscuzHelperAjax.php. Attackers can exploit LIKE wildcard characters in the subscription query to match multiple email addresses and generate unwanted notification emails to victim accounts.

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  1. Mar 13, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    wpDiscuz before 7.6.47 contains a missing rate limiting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to subscribe arbitrary email addresses to post notifications by sending POST requests to the wpdAddSubscription handler in class.WpdiscuzHelperAjax.php. Attackers can exploit LIKE wildcard characters in the subscription query to match multiple email addresses and generate unwanted notificati

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    wpDiscuz before 7.6.47 contains a missing rate limiting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to subscribe arbitrary email addresses to post notifications by sending POST requests to the wpdAddSubscription handler in class.WpdiscuzHelperAjax.php. Attackers can exploit LIKE wildcard characters in the subscription query to match multiple email addresses and generate unwanted notificati

Affected

  • cpe gvectors/wpdiscuzversion unspecified

Sources

  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-22216

    wpDiscuz before 7.6.47 contains a missing rate limiting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to subscribe arbitrary email addresses to post notifications by sending POST requests to the wpdAddSubscription handler in class.WpdiscuzHelperAjax.php. Attackers can explo

    nvd.nist.gov

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