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CVE-2019-9978: WordPress Social Warfare Plugin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2019-9978
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
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.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: WordPressproduct: Social Warfare PluginCross-site scripting
What
WordPress Social Warfare plugin contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows for remote code execution.
Who is affected
Users of the Social Warfare and Social Warfare Pro plugins.
Urgency
Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
Action
Update the Social Warfare plugin to the latest version.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2021-11-03
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9978

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2019-9978coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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