CVE-2026-22216CWE-799

wpDiscuz before 7.6.47 - No Rate Limiting on Subscription Endpoints with LIKE Wildcard Bypass

Medium · published March 13, 2026

CVSS v4.0
6.9
EPSS
0%
Percentile
25.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
6.9 · MEDIUM
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
EPSS
0.00333 · 25.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-799 · Improper Control of Interaction Frequency
Published
2026-03-13T01:18Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 MAR 01:18Z
    wpDiscuz before 7.6.47 - No Rate Limiting on Subscription Endpoints with LIKE Wildcard Bypass
    cvelistv5