Vulnerability · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2025-13820Comments – wpDiscuz < 7.6.40 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Comments from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 18% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 81.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/21bc9b41-a967-42dc-9916-bb993b05709c/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description