Cross-Site Request Forgery in DX Unanswered Comments Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2026-4138

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Dx Unanswered Comments
Vendor
CVE Published:
22 April 2026

What is CVE-2026-4138?

The DX Unanswered Comments plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) due to inadequate nonce validation on its settings form. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to alter critical plugin settings, such as the list of authors and comment count. Attackers can exploit this weakness by convincing a site administrator to perform actions, like clicking malicious links, which can lead to unauthorized modifications to the plugin's configuration.

Affected Version(s)

DX Unanswered Comments 0 <= 1.7

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dx-unanswered-...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dx-unanswered-...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Muhammad Afnaan
.