wpDiscuz before 7.6.47 contains an unauthenticated denial of service vulnerability that allows anonymous users to trigger mass notification emails by exploiting the checkNotificationType() function. Attackers can repeatedly call the wpdiscuz-ajax.php endpoint with arbitrary postId and comment_id parameters to flood subscribers with notifications, as the handler lacks nonce verification, authentication checks, and rate limiting.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00079.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
gVectors wpDiscuz unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 7.6.47
7.6.47 unaffected —

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Solution

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Workaround

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References
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https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdiscuz/ cve-icon
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdiscuz/#developers cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wpdiscuz-before-unauthenticated-email-notification-flood-via-wpdchecknotificationtype cve-icon
History

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

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Description wpDiscuz before 7.6.47 contains an unauthenticated denial of service vulnerability that allows anonymous users to trigger mass notification emails by exploiting the checkNotificationType() function. Attackers can repeatedly call the wpdiscuz-ajax.php endpoint with arbitrary postId and comment_id parameters to flood subscribers with notifications, as the handler lacks nonce verification, authentication checks, and rate limiting.
Title wpDiscuz before 7.6.47 - Unauthenticated Email Notification Flood via wpdCheckNotificationType
First Time appeared Gvectors
Gvectors wpdiscuz
Weaknesses CWE-862
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gvectors:wpdiscuz:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Gvectors
Gvectors wpdiscuz
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-13T14:47:20.700Z

Reserved: 2026-01-06T16:47:17.182Z

Link: CVE-2026-22182

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-13T14:47:13.905Z

cve-icon NVD

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cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-03-13T09:49:25Z

Weaknesses