Plugins · dx-unanswered-comments · data as of 2026-11-04
Is DX Unanswered Comments safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 1.8
- Last updated
- 2026-04-21
- Active installs
- 20+
- Known issues on record
- 1
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 6.9.11
Filter your admin comments that have not received a reply by internal user yet. — by Mario Peshev
What to do
- Update to the latest version (1.8). Anything older than 1.8 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.
With WP-CLI: wp plugin get dx-unanswered-comments --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update dx-unanswered-comments updates it.
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Known vulnerabilities
1 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
medium 4.3 CVE-2026-4138 · published 2026-04-22
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in DX Unanswered Comments (1.7 and older)
- Affected
- 1.7 and older
- Fixed in
- 1.8 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The DX Unanswered Comments plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.7. This is due to missing nonce validation on the plugin's settings form in the dxuc-unanswered-comments-admin-page.php file. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify plugin settings (dxuc_authors_list and dxuc_comment_count) via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Recent activity
- 2026-04-21 — latest release on wordpress.org (1.8).
- 2026-04-22 — Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) disclosed (CVE-2026-4138), fixed in 1.8.
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Browse vulnerabilities
- Published this week
- Unpatched in the latest version
- By type of vulnerability
- Plugins by Mario Peshev (2 tracked)
Types found in this plugin: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) (1)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/dx-unanswered-comments (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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