Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-43468

High

Published: 07 December 2022

Published
07 December 2022
Modified
23 April 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0055 68.5th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-43468 is a high-severity Improper Initialization (CWE-665) vulnerability in Wordpress Popular Posts Project Wordpress Popular Posts. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 31.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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…

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may be manipulated through a crafted input.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

wordpress popular posts project
wordpress popular posts
≤ 6.0.5

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-665

Ensures shared resources are explicitly initialized or cleared on allocation, preventing exposure of prior contents to new users or processes.

addresses: CWE-665

Mandates that every instance begins in a known (presumably clean) state, eliminating reliance on residual or uninitialized state left by prior executions.

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