CVE-2025-13820

Comments – wpDiscuz < 7.6.40 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover

Medium · published January 1, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
17.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00263 · 17.1th percentile
Published
2026-01-01T06:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 JAN 06:00Z
    Comments – wpDiscuz < 7.6.40 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover
    cvelistv5