gVectors wpDiscuz up to 7.6.46 Cookie urldecode comment_author_email injection

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A vulnerability was found in gVectors wpDiscuz up to 7.6.46. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function urldecode of the component Cookie Handler. This manipulation of the argument comment_author_email causes injection. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2026-22204. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in gVectors wpDiscuz up to 7.6.46. Affected by this vulnerability is the function urldecode of the component Cookie Handler. The manipulation of the argument comment_author_email with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was presented by Scott Moore. It is possible to read the advisory at wordpress.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-22204 since 01/06/2026. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1055 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 7.6.47 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• gVectors

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• wpDiscuz

Version

• 7.6.0
• 7.6.1
• 7.6.2
• 7.6.3
• 7.6.4
• 7.6.5
• 7.6.6
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• 7.6.39
• 7.6.40
• 7.6.41
• 7.6.42
• 7.6.43
• 7.6.44
• 7.6.45
• 7.6.46

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