PT-2026-34295 · WordPress · Dx Unanswered Comments

Muhammad Afnaan · Published 2026-04-22 · Updated 2026-04-25 · CVE-2026-4138

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions DX Unanswered Comments versions prior to 1.8

Description The DX Unanswered Comments plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Cross-Site Request Forgery. This issue occurs because of missing nonce validation on the settings form within the 'dxuc-unanswered-comments-admin-page.php' file. Unauthenticated attackers can modify plugin settings, specifically the dxuc authors list and dxuc comment count variables, by tricking a site administrator into clicking a malicious link.

Recommendations Update to a version later than 1.7.

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-4138

Affected Products

Dx Unanswered Comments

References · 13

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-4138 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dx-unanswered-comments/trunk/dxuc-unanswered-comments-admin-page.php#L13 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dx-unanswered-comments/tags/1.7/dxuc-unanswered-comments-admin-page.php#L21 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dx-unanswered-comments/tags/1.7/dxuc-unanswered-comments-admin-page.php#L25 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dx-unanswered-comments/tags/1.7/dxuc-unanswered-comments-admin-page.php#L13 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dx-unanswered-comments/trunk/dxuc-unanswered-comments-admin-page.php#L40 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dx-unanswered-comments/trunk/dxuc-unanswered-comments-admin-page.php#L25 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dx-unanswered-comments/trunk/dxuc-unanswered-comments-admin-page.php#L21 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2047012173030035797 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dx-unanswered-comments/tags/1.7/dxuc-unanswered-comments-admin-page.php#L40 · Note
• https://twitter.com/atomicedgeWAF/status/2048153333458731270 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e44dbd0e-d6a7-438b-b1bf-a6628734fec4?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/infoflowcloud/status/2047013605766201452 · Twitter Post