vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: wordpress-popular-posts: CVE-2022-43468: Improper Access Control
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Nov 18, 2022 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 30, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Nov 18, 2022
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026
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.
Solution
wordpress-popular-posts-plugin-cve-2022-43468
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-43468
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1f42b3fc-cb2a-4e95-a55b-608ae64d8b58?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-46469
- CVE-2022-43468
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2022-43468
- CWE-665
- EUVD-EUVD-2022-46469
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