CVE-2026-22182 (GCVE-0-2026-22182)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-13 01:17 – Updated: 2026-03-13 14:47
VLAI
Title
wpDiscuz before 7.6.47 - Unauthenticated Email Notification Flood via wpdCheckNotificationType
Summary
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.
Severity
8.7 (High)
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
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gVectors wpDiscuz Affected: 0 , < 7.6.47 (custom)
Unaffected: 7.6.47
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Date Public
2026-03-11 00:00
Credits
Scott Moore - VulnCheck
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