# CVE-2026-42749: WordPress Disable Comments for Any Post Types (Remove comments) plugin <= 1.3.0 - Broken Authentication vulnerability

> Attackers can bypass authentication via an alternate path to exploit password recovery, potentially taking over user accounts in the Disable Comments plugin.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 May 2026
- **Updated:** 27 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4x6f-959m-mvmq

## What is CVE-2026-42749?

CVE-2026-42749 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Themeisle Disable Comments for Any Post Types (Remove comments), published on 27 May 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Themeisle Disable Comments for Any Post Types (Remove comments) comments-plus allows Password Recovery Exploitation.This issue affects Disable Comments for Any Post Types (Remove comments): from n/a through <= 1.3.0.

Weakness: CWE-288 (Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-42749?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-42749?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-42749 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-42749 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-42749 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-42749 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-42749 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Themeisle Disable Comments for Any Post Types (Remove comments), published on 27 May 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-42749 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Themeisle Disable Comments for Any Post Types (Remove comments). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-42749/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-42749/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-42749
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42749
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42749

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-42749/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.