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.
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Thu, 01 Jan 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Comments – wpDiscuz < 7.6.40 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-01T06:00:03.091Z

Reserved: 2025-12-01T10:12:16.300Z

Link: CVE-2025-13820

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-01T06:15:45.010

Modified: 2026-01-01T06:15:45.010

Link: CVE-2025-13820

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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