WordPress Popular Posts <= 6.0.5 — Unauthenticated Views Changes
CVE-2022-43468Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤6.0.5Update to 6.1.0 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium5.3
- CVSS
- 5.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
WP Popular Posts wordpress-popular-posts
- Affected≤ 6.0.5
- Patched in6.1.0
Update to 6.1.0 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 6.0.5. Version 6.1.0 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under WP Popular Posts.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 6.1.0, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch WP Popular Posts to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Tsubasa Iinuma.
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.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in WP Popular Posts
All 8| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Information Disclosure in 'post_type' and 'context' Parameters ≤7.4.2Update to 7.4.3 | CVE-2026-92548 | |
| High7.3 | Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution ≤7.1.0Update to 7.2.0 | CVE-2024-11733 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode <6.3.3Update to 6.3.3 | CVE-2023-45607 | |
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ≤5.5.1Update to 6.0.0 | — | |
| High8.8 | Authenticated Arbitrary File Upload ≤5.3.2Update to 5.3.3 | CVE-2021-42362 |
- Medium5.3Unauthenticated Information Disclosure in 'post_type' and 'context' Parameters
≤7.4.2Update to 7.4.3
- High7.3Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
≤7.1.0Update to 7.2.0
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
<6.3.3Update to 6.3.3
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤5.5.1Update to 6.0.0
- High8.8Authenticated Arbitrary File Upload
≤5.3.2Update to 5.3.3
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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