Check Point Advisories

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

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2019-0536
Date Published: 18 Apr 2019
Severity: High
Last Updated: Monday 06 January, 2025
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2019-9978
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? WordPress Warfare Social plugin prior to 3.5.3
WordPress Warfare Social Pro plugin prior to 3.5.3
Vulnerability Description A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in WordPress Warfare Social plugin. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script into the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the WordPress Warfare Social Plugin Cross-Site Scripting (CVE-2019-9978) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  WordPress Enforcement Protection.
Attack Information:  WordPress Warfare Social Plugin Cross-Site Scripting (CVE-2019-9978)

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