CVE-2019-9978

Social Warfare <= 3.5.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Settings Update

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

7.2

CVSS Score

7.2

CVSS Score

high

Severity

3.5.3

Patched in

1769d

Time to patch

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Low

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<3.5.3

PublishedMarch 21, 2019

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginsocial-warfare

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2fca8dba-9fe7-4ce1-8903-589e42e5604d?source=api-prod

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