HTTP: WordPress Social Warfare Stored Cross Site Scripting
This signature detects attempts to exploit a known cross-site scripting vulnerability against WordPress Social Warfare. It is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. Attackers can steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
Extended 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.
Affected Products
Warfareplugins social_warfare_pro
References
CVE: CVE-2019-9978
Short Name
HTTP:XSS:WP-SOCIAL-WARFARE-SXSS
Severity
Minor
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
HTTP
Keywords
CVE-2019-9978 Cross Scripting Site Social Stored Warfare WordPress
Release Date
05/02/2025
Supported Platforms
srx-branch-12.3
srx-19.3
srx-branch-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.2
srx-branch-19.4
vsrx-19.4
mx-12.3
mx-19.4
vmx-19.4
mx-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.4
srx-19.4
vsrx-12.3
vmx-19.3
vsrx-19.2
srx-12.3
Sigpack Version
3814
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors
Warfareplugins