cve-2022-43468
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-12-07 00:00
Modified
2025-04-23 18:15
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
External initialization of trusted variables or data stores vulnerability exists in WordPress Popular Posts 6.0.5 and earlier, therefore the vulnerable product accepts untrusted external inputs to update certain internal variables. As a result, the number of views for an article may be manipulated through a crafted input.
References
vultures@jpcert.or.jphttps://github.com/cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts/Third Party Advisory
vultures@jpcert.or.jphttps://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN13927745/index.htmlThird Party Advisory
vultures@jpcert.or.jphttps://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/Product
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN13927745/index.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/Product
Impacted products
Hector CabreraWordPress Popular Posts
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