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CVE-2022-43468

WordPress Popular Posts <= 6.0.5 - Unauthenticated Views Changes

Severity Score

7.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

Vulnerabilidad de inicialización externa de variables confiables o almacenes de datos existe en WordPress Popular Posts 6.0.5 y versiones anteriores, por lo tanto, el producto vulnerable acepta entradas externas que no son confiables para actualizar ciertas variables internas. Como resultado, el número de vistas de un artículo puede manipularse mediante una entrada manipulada.

The WordPress Popular Posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Unauthenticated Views Changes in versions up to, and including, 6.0.5. This is due to a lack of user input validation on a REST endpoint that results in unprotected behavior in the 'update_views_count' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to manipulate and potentially change the views count endpoint.

*Credits: Tsubasa Iinuma
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2022-11-16 CVE Reserved
  • 2022-11-18 CVE Published
  • 2024-06-29 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-03 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-284: Improper Access Control
  • CWE-665: Improper Initialization
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Wordpress Popular Posts Project
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 Wordpress Popular Posts
Search vendor "Wordpress Popular Posts Project" for product "Wordpress Popular Posts"
 <= 6.0.5
Search vendor "Wordpress Popular Posts Project" for product "Wordpress Popular Posts" and version " <= 6.0.5"
wordpress
Affected