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JVNDB-2022-000091

Vulnerability from jvndb - Published: 2022-11-18 15:14 - Updated:2022-11-18 15:14

Severity ?

5.3 (Medium) - cvssV3_0 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Summary

WordPress Plugin "WordPress Popular Posts" accepts untrusted external inputs to update certain internal variables

Details

WordPress Plugin "WordPress Popular Posts" provided by Hector Cabrera accepts untrusted external inputs to update certain internal variables (CWE-454). Tsubasa Iinuma of Origami Systems reported this vulnerability to IPA. JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

References

Type

URL

	JVN	https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN13927745/index.html
	CVE	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-43468
	NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43468
	No Mapping(CWE-Other)	https://www.ipa.go.jp/en/security/vulnerabilities/cwe.html

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Hector Cabrera

WordPress Popular Posts

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CVE-2022-43468 (GCVE-0-2022-43468)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-07 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-23 18:15

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.

Severity ?

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CWE

External Initialization of Trusted Variables or Data Stores

Assigner

jpcert

References

URL

Tags

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

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Hector Cabrera	WordPress Popular Posts	Affected: 6.0.5 and earlier

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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2022-43468 (GCVE-0-2022-43468)

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