CVE-2022-43468 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00284.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Wordpress Popular Posts Project	Wordpress Popular Posts

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-46469	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts/
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN13927745/index.html
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/

History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: jpcert

Published: 2022-12-07T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T18:15:21.717Z

Reserved: 2022-11-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-43468

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:32:59.916Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-07T04:15:10.723

Modified: 2025-04-23T19:16:23.803

Link: CVE-2022-43468

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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