CVE-2019-9978 in warfareplugins social warfare
LogPulse has a published detection rule for this CVE: it raises a notable when someone tries to exploit it.
What the vulnerability is
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.
Affected software: warfareplugins social warfare, warfareplugins social warfare pro
Scores
- CVSS: 6.1 (medium)
- EPSS: 72.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
- CISA KEV: Known exploited, listed 2021-11-03
- Published: 2019-03-24
What LogPulse has for it
- Detection rule: Yes, published
- Agent check (vulnerable version): No
- Mitigation: No
Source data: NIST NVD, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. LogPulse processes new CVEs every hour.
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