CVE-2026-22216 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-22216: wpDiscuz before 7.6.47 - No Rate Limiting on Subscription Endpoints with LIKE Wildcard Bypass

Vendor Gvectors
Product wpDiscuz
Weakness CWE-799
Published March 13, 2026
Last update March 13, 2026

CVSS base score

6.9/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 13, 2026 CVE published
March 13, 2026 Record updated