CVE-2022-43468

WordPress Popular Posts <= 6.0.5 - Unauthenticated Views Changes

mediumImproper Access Control

5.3

CVSS Score

5.3

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

6.1.0

Patched in

431d

Time to patch

Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

None

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=6.0.5

PublishedNovember 18, 2022

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginwordpress-popular-posts

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1f42b3fc-cb2a-4e95-a55b-608ae64d8b58?source=api-prod

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