CVE-2026-22216

MEDIUM

wpDiscuz <7.6.47 - Missing Rate Limiting

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0007
EPSS Percentile 20.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-799
Status published
Products (3)
gVectors/wpDiscuz < 7.6.47
gvectors/wpdiscuz < 7.6.47
gVectors/wpDiscuz 7.6.47
Published Mar 13, 2026
Tracked Since Mar 14, 2026