Disqus Comment System < 2.76 - Remote Code Execution

9.8
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CVSS 9.8 (Critical)
Publicly Published June 20, 2014
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Marc-Alexandre Montpas

Description

The Disqus Comment System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in versions up to, and including, 2.75 via the 'getNextToken()' function that parsed user supplied data through the eval() function. This allows unauthenticated attackers to execute code on the server.

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Vulnerability Details for Disqus Comment System

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug disqus-comment-system (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.76, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 2.76
Patched Version
  • 2.76

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