CVE-2024-6704

The Comments – wpDiscuz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to HTML Injection in all versions up to, and including, 7.6.21. This is due to a lack of filtering of HTML tags in comments. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add HTML such as hyperlinks to comments when rich editing is disabled.

CVSS v3 5.3 MEDIUM

5.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdiscuz/trunk/class.WpdiscuzCore.php#L335	Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3124810/	Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fa3501a4-7975-4f90-8037-f8a06c293c07?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gvectors:wpdiscuz:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

05 Jun 2025, 16:38

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdiscuz/trunk/class.WpdiscuzCore.php#L335 -~~	() https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdiscuz/trunk/class.WpdiscuzCore.php#L335 - Product
References	~~() https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3124810/ -~~	() https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3124810/ - Patch
References	~~() https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fa3501a4-7975-4f90-8037-f8a06c293c07?source=cve -~~	() https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fa3501a4-7975-4f90-8037-f8a06c293c07?source=cve - Third Party Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:gvectors:wpdiscuz::::::wordpress::*
First Time		Gvectors Gvectors wpdiscuz

Information

Published : 2024-08-02 11:16

Updated : 2025-06-05 16:38

NVD link : CVE-2024-6704

Mitre link : CVE-2024-6704

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-6704

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gvectors

wpdiscuz

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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