CVE-2026-22201

Q: How do I fix CVE-2026-22201?

Upgrade wpdiscuz to 7.6.47 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2026-22201 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2026-22201 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.15% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 5% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2026-22201?

CVE-2026-22201 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2026-22201 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for wpdiscuz (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

MEDIUM

5.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

wpDiscuz before 7.6.47 contains an IP spoofing vulnerability in the getIP() function that allows attackers to bypass IP-based rate limiting and ban enforcement by trusting untrusted HTTP headers. Attackers can set HTTP_CLIENT_IP or HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR headers to spoof their IP address and circumvent security controls.

CWE-348

How to fix

Remediation Available

wpdiscuzNVD

Affected:< 7.6.47Fixed in:7.6.47CVE-2026-22201derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.15%probability of exploitation in 30 days

5thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 5% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

vulncheck.com

Release Notes1

wordpress.org

Product1

wordpress.org

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2025-59951	Critical	9.1	4.7%	-	-
CVE-2022-31813	Critical	9.8	3.3%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-45410	Critical	9.8	1.5%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-21373	High	7.5	1.2%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-21374	High	8.1	1.0%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-2255	High	7.5	0.7%	-	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2026-22201?

Upgrade wpdiscuz to 7.6.47 or later.

Is CVE-2026-22201 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2026-22201 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.15% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 5% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2026-22201?

CVE-2026-22201 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2026-22201 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for wpdiscuz (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-03-17.