CVE-2019-9978

Known Exploited Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

6.1
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 91.12% Top 5%
KEV Since 
Third-Party Advisory packetstormsecurity.com Third-Party Advisory packetstormsecurity.com Third-Party Advisory sucuri.net Third-Party Advisory twitter.com Third-Party Advisory wpvulndb.com Third-Party Advisory cybersecurity-help.cz Third-Party Advisory exploit-db.com Third-Party Advisory pluginvulnerabilities.com Third-Party Advisory wordfence.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238 third party advisory broken link
https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105 third party advisory exploit
https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.html third party advisory exploit
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/ third party advisory exploit
https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developers product
https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099 third party advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/ exploit vdb entry third party advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Execution.html exploit vdb entry third party advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html exploit vdb entry third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-9978?
CVE-2019-9978 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-9978?
To fix CVE-2019-9978, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-9978 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is confirmed that CVE-2019-9978 is actively exploited. Be extra cautious if you are using vulnerable components. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~91% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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