CVE-2022-46846
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in WP OnlineSupport, Essential Plugin Trending/Popular Post Slider and Widget allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Trending/Popular Post Slider and Widget: from n/a through 1.5.7.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThis is a missing authorization vulnerability in the WordPress plugin 'Trending/Popular Post Slider and Widget' (versions through 1.5.7). The plugin fails to properly enforce access control checks, allowing attackers to exploit incorrectly configured security levels to perform actions that should require authentication or higher privileges.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify the plugin is installedLocate the plugin directory at /wp-content/plugins/ and look for a folder named 'trending-popular-post-slider-and-widget' or similar variant containing 'trending' and 'post-slider' in the nameAffected if The plugin folder exists in the WordPress plugins directory
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Confirm the installed versionOpen the main plugin PHP file (usually named index.php, trending-popular-post-slider.php, or similar in the plugin folder) and search for a 'Version:' comment or $version variable declarationAffected if The version number found is 1.5.7 or lower
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Check if the plugin is activeLog into WordPress admin panel, navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins, and verify whether the Trending/Popular Post Slider and Widget plugin is currently activatedAffected if The plugin shows as active in the WordPress admin plugins list
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Identify exposed admin action endpointsReview plugin PHP files for AJAX actions or admin URLs that perform sensitive operations (search for add_action('wp_ajax_', '...') calls and examine if any callback functions lack current_user_can() or nonce validation checksAffected if Plugin files contain admin AJAX handlers or action URLs that do not verify user capabilities before executing
You are affected if the plugin is installed with version 1.5.7 or earlier and contains AJAX handlers or admin action endpoints that lack proper capability checks.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply the vendor patch/upgrade to version 1.5.8 or later which should include proper capability checks and nonce validation on sensitive actions.
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-46846 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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