Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published May 5, 2026· Updated May 5, 2026
CVE-2026-4409
CVE-2026-4409
Description
The Subscribe To Comments Reloaded plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a leaked secret key and usage of a weak hash generation algorithm in all versions up to, and including, 240119. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract the global key from any public post page, forge authorization keys and manage comment subscription preferences for arbitrary users
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Affected products
1- Range: <=240119
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/subscribe-to-comments-reloaded/tags/240119/templates/user.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/subscribe-to-comments-reloaded/tags/240119/utils/stcr_utils.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/subscribe-to-comments-reloaded/tags/240119/wp_subscribe_reloaded.phpnvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/91f9235e-f578-475f-92c3-34062d6d1e3dnvd
News mentions
2- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 11, 2026 to May 17, 2026)Wordfence Blog · May 21, 2026
- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 4, 2026 to May 10, 2026)Wordfence Blog · May 14, 2026