Private Comment

Private Comment has one disclosed vulnerability in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2026; it is fixed as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 4.4, and the most serious one scores 4.4 out of 10.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 1 of the records (100%).

The one issue recorded for Private Comment has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes it.

All of these findings were reported by Supoj Polsawas (sp0x5ec). Private Comment is installed on roughly 50 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium

4.4/ 10

Patch Coverage100%

Open

Fixed

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 4.4CVE-2026-2281

Private Comment <= 0.0.4 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Label Text Setting

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Vulnerability Records

1 records


2026-02-17 18:31	Private Comment <= 0.0.4 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Label Text Setting Private Comment <= 0.0.4	`CVE-2026-2281`	4.4 Medium	Supoj Polsawas (sp0x5ec)	Yes

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Latestv0.0.5

Private Comment

Author

Ederson Peka

0.0(0)

0/100

Last Updated

2026-08-20 (23d ago)

Active Installs

50+

Downloads

2,605

Requires WP

5.0+

Requires PHP

Tested up to

WP 7.1

Created

2022-02-22 (5y ago)

This plugin adds a checkbox to the default comment form, allowing the commenter to restrict his comment’s exhibition only to site owners.

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