Security advisory

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  "id": "f649a0522c75dc79abe9ffaf2e3d737ea8d38301f902ce13a23e7c33feb3eb57",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-43468",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2022-43468",
    "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2022-43468",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2022-43468",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2022-43468"
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "6d178787f6fb95b1505e16b0171da6df0e00172a"
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              "database_specific": {
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                        "introduced": "0"
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                        "last_affected": "6.0.5"
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                    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                    "strategy": "VersionTextExtraction"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress_popular_posts_project:wordpress_popular_posts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
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                      {
                        "last_affected": "6.0.5"
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                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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          "versions": [
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            "6.0.4",
            "6.0.3",
            "6.0.2",
            "6.0.1",
            "6.0.0",
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            "5.3.2",
            "5.3.1",
            "5.3.0",
            "5.2.4",
            "5.2.3",
            "5.2.2",
            "5.2.1",
            "5.2.0",
            "5.1.0",
            "5.0.2",
            "5.0.1",
            "5.0.1-beta-1",
            "5.0.0",
            "4.2.2",
            "4.2.1",
            "4.2.0",
            "4.1.2",
            "4.1.1",
            "4.1.0",
            "4.0.13",
            "4.0.12",
            "4.0.11",
            "4.0.10",
            "4.0.9",
            "4.0.8",
            "4.0.7-beta-4",
            "4.0.7-beta-3",
            "4.0.7-beta-2",
            "4.0.7-beta-1",
            "4.0.6",
            "4.0.5",
            "4.0.3",
            "4.0.2",
            "4.0.1",
            "4.0.1-beta-2",
            "4.0.1-beta-1",
            "4.0.0",
            "3.3.4-final",
            "3.3.4",
            "3.3.3",
            "3.3.2",
            "3.3.2-beta-1",
            "3.3.1",
            "3.3.0",
            "3.3.0-beta-1",
            "3.2.3",
            "3.2.3-beta-3",
            "3.2.3-beta-2",
            "3.2.3-beta-1",
            "3.2.2",
            "3.2.2-beta-3",
            "3.2.2-beta-2",
            "3.2.2-beta-1",
            "3.2.1",
            "3.2.0",
            "3.2.0-beta-2",
            "3.2.0-beta-1",
            "3.1.2-beta-1",
            "3.1.1",
            "3.1.1-beta-2",
            "3.1.1-beta-1",
            "3.1.0",
            "3.1.0-beta-3",
            "3.1.0-beta-2",
            "3.1.0-beta-1",
            "3.0.4-beta-5",
            "3.0.4-beta-4",
            "3.0.4-beta-3",
            "3.0.4-beta-2",
            "3.0.4-beta-1",
            "3.0.3",
            "3.0.2",
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            "3.0.1",
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            "3.0.0-beta-2",
            "3.0.0-beta-1",
            "3.0.0-alpha-4",
            "3.0.0-alpha-2",
            "3.0.0-alpha-1",
            "2.3.7",
            "2.3.6"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-43468.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:34.392622856Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts/",
        "https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN13927745/index.html",
        "https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/43xxx/CVE-2022-43468.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43468"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "jpcert",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/43xxx/CVE-2022-43468.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2022-43468",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 501342,
  "published_at": "2022-12-07T00:00:00+00:00"
}