Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU69414

#VU69414 External Initialization of Trusted Variables or Data Stores in WordPress Popular Posts - CVE-2022-43468

Published: November 18, 2022

Vulnerability identifier: #VU69414

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-43468

CWE-ID: CWE-454

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
WordPress Popular Posts

Software vendor:
Hector Cabrera

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to the affected plugin accepts untrusted external inputs to update certain internal variables. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and manipulate the number of views for an article.

Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

External links

https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN13927745/index.html