Published:2022/11/18  Last Updated:2022/11/18

JVN#13927745
WordPress Plugin "WordPress Popular Posts" accepts untrusted external inputs to update certain internal variables

Overview

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

Products Affected

  • WordPress Popular Posts 6.0.5 and earlier

Description

WordPress Plugin "WordPress Popular Posts" provided by Hector Cabrera accepts untrusted external inputs to update certain internal variables (CWE-454).

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.

References

JPCERT/CC Addendum

Vulnerability Analysis by JPCERT/CC

CVSS v3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Base Score: 5.3
Attack Vector(AV) Physical (P) Local (L) Adjacent (A) Network (N)
Attack Complexity(AC) High (H) Low (L)
Privileges Required(PR) High (H) Low (L) None (N)
User Interaction(UI) Required (R) None (N)
Scope(S) Unchanged (U) Changed (C)
Confidentiality Impact(C) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
Integrity Impact(I) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
Availability Impact(A) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
CVSS v2 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Base Score: 5.0
Access Vector(AV) Local (L) Adjacent Network (A) Network (N)
Access Complexity(AC) High (H) Medium (M) Low (L)
Authentication(Au) Multiple (M) Single (S) None (N)
Confidentiality Impact(C) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)
Integrity Impact(I) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)
Availability Impact(A) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)

Credit

Tsubasa Iinuma of Origami Systems reported this vulnerability to IPA.
JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

Other Information

JPCERT Alert
JPCERT Reports
CERT Advisory
CPNI Advisory
TRnotes
CVE CVE-2022-43468
JVN iPedia JVNDB-2022-000091