CVE-2019-9978

The social-warfare plugin before 3.5.3 for WordPress has stored XSS via the wp-admin/admin-post.php?swp_debug=load_options swp_url parameter, as exploited in the wild in March 2019. This affects Social Warfare and Social Warfare Pro.

CVSS v3.0 6.1 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild/	Third Party Advisory
https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-social-warfare/	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developers	Product Third Party Advisory
https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099	Third Party Advisory
https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238	Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Execution.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare::::::wordpress::*
	cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro::::::wordpress::*

Information

Published : 2019-03-24 15:29

Updated : 2021-07-30 14:15

NVD link : CVE-2019-9978

Mitre link : CVE-2019-9978

JSON object : View

Products Affected

warfareplugins

social_warfare
social_warfare_pro

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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