CVE-2022-46846 — Missing Authorization vulnerability in WP OnlineSupport, Essential Plugin Trendi

Missing 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.

01What is this vulnerability?

Missing 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.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
WP OnlineSupport, Essential Plugin	Trending/Popular Post Slider and Widget	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-12-13T14:22:09.463Z
• Last modified: 2024-12-13T21:03:27.028Z

09References

• patchstack.com — https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wp-trending-post-slider-and-wid…