CVE-2014-2550

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-03-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Disable Comments plugin before 1.0.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that enable comments via a request to the disable_comments_settings page to wp-admin/options-general.php.

Affected products

Disable Comments Project: before 1.0.4 — fixed in 1.0.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Disable Comments Project 1.0.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/92219
https://security.dxw.com/advisories/csrf-in-disable-comments-1-0-3/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-comments/#developers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/92219
https://security.dxw.com/advisories/csrf-in-disable-comments-1-0-3/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-comments/#developers

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