CVE-2025-13820 (GCVE-0-2025-13820)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-01 06:00 – Updated: 2026-01-01 06:00
VLAI?
Title
Comments – wpDiscuz < 7.6.40 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
Assigner
References
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/21bc9b41-a967-42… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Comments Affected: 0 , < 7.6.40 (semver)
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Credits
wcraft WPScan
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