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JVNDB-2022-000091

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

Overview

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.
CVSS Severity (What is CVSS?)

CVSS V3 Severity:
Base Metrics 5.3 (Medium) [IPA Score]
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: Low
  • Availability Impact: None
CVSS V2 Severity:
Base Metrics 5.0 (Medium) [IPA Score]
  • Access Vector: Network
  • Access Complexity: Low
  • Authentication: None
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: Partial
  • Availability Impact: None
Affected Products


Hector Cabrera
  • WordPress Popular Posts 6.0.5 and earlier

Impact

The number of views for an article may be manipulated through a crafted input.
Solution

[Update the plugin]
Update the plugin according to the information provided by the developer.
Vendor Information

Hector Cabrera
CWE (What is CWE?)

  1. No Mapping(CWE-Other) [IPA Evaluation]
CVE (What is CVE?)

  1. CVE-2022-43468
References

  1. JVN : JVN#13927745
  2. National Vulnerability Database (NVD) : CVE-2022-43468
Revision History

  • [2022/11/18]
      Web page was published

Date Public2022/11/18
Date First Published2022/11/18
Date Last Updated2022/11/18