CVE-2014-2550 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Disable Comments plugin for WordPress, specifically versions prior to 1.0.4. This flaw allows remote attackers to hijack an administrator's authenticated session to re-enable comments on a WordPress site by sending a crafted request to the plugin's settings page. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe risk with network accessibility, low attack complexity, and high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:disable_comments:disable_comments_project:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.