At WP Engine we take the security of your sites very seriously, and make every effort to keep our customers aware of any potential security risks. We are reaching out to you today because we identified your site(s), is (are) utilizing a vulnerable version of the Comments – wpDiscuz plugin.
At this time, we are not seeing that the plugin author has released an update or patch for this vulnerability. WP Engine has attempted to reach out to the plugin author to request the timing of a patch. We will report back to you if/when we receive a timeframe for when the author expects to release one.
WP Engine summary of the vulnerability: Data from an attacker could be interpreted as code by site visitors’ web browsers. The ability to run code in another site visitors’ browser can be abused to steal information, or modify site configuration.
