Vulnerability · Published Mar 13, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-22204wpDiscuz before 7.6.47 - Unsanitized Cookie Email Used as wp_mail() Recipient
Low 3.7
In plain English
A low-severity improper input validation in wpDiscuz from gVectors. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
wpDiscuz before 7.6.47 contains an email header injection vulnerability that allows attackers to manipulate mail recipients by injecting malicious data into the comment_author_email cookie. Attackers can craft a malicious cookie value that, when processed through urldecode() and passed to wp_mail() functions, enables header injection to alter email recipients or inject additional headers.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- wpDiscuz Changelog patch
- wpDiscuz product
- VulnCheck Advisory: wpDiscuz before 7.6.47 - Unsanitized Cookie Email Used as wp_mail() Recipient third-party-advisory