CVE-2019-9978
WordPress Social Warfare Plugin Cross-Site Scripti - [Actively Exploited]
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.
INFO
Published Date :
March 24, 2019, 3:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
July 25, 2024, 2:57 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.7
Exploitability Score :
2.8
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)
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WordPress Social Warfare plugin contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows for remote code execution. This vulnerability affects Social Warfare and Social Warfare Pro.
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Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2019-9978 has a 31 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2019-9978
vulnerability.
Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the
products
that
are
affected, the information is not represented in the table below.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2019-9978.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
A Collection of Vulnerable WordPress Plugins
PHP CSS JavaScript Perl Sass SCSS Shell Hack TypeScript HTML
None
PHP Python
None
Dockerfile Shell
None
CSS HTML JavaScript
None
Dockerfile Shell PHP HTML JavaScript
cve-2019-9978 PoC
Python
None
Dockerfile Shell PHP HTML JavaScript Perl Sass CSS SCSS Makefile
Exploits working {tested my me} for various scenarios
cve-2023-0386 ubuntu-overlay-fs cve-2023-38646 metabase-preauth-rce cve-2023-46604 reverse-shell reverse-shells apache-mq-rce cve cve-2024-23897 exploits jenkins kernel-exploitation security web-exploits
Python PHP C Makefile
None
Python
python3 version of the CVE-2019-9978 exploit
Python
None
Python PHP
Remote Code Execution in Social Warfare Plugin before 3.5.3 for Wordpress.
Python
Social WarFare Plugin (<=3.5.2) Remote Code Execution
Shell
None
None
Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.
The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2019-9978 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2019-9978 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jul. 25, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developers Product, Third Party Advisory https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developers Product Changed Reference Type https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238 Third Party Advisory https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 30, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
May. 07, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Execution.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 04, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Execution.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 03, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/ [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 26, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Changed Reference Type https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.html No Types Assigned https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-social-warfare/ No Types Assigned 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 Changed Reference Type https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild/ No Types Assigned https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105 No Types Assigned https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105 Exploit, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099 No Types Assigned https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developers No Types Assigned https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developers Product, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238 No Types Assigned https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238 Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-79 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.5.3 *cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.5.3 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 26, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238 [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-9978 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-9978
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
96.57 }} -0.20%
score
0.99651
percentile