Social Warfare <= 3.5.2 - Remote Code Execution

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-4434
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerWordfence
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2024-01-17 09:15:25 UTC
Updated2026-04-08 18:17:20 UTC
DescriptionThe Social Warfare plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in versions up to, and including, 3.5.2 via the 'swp_url' parameter. This allows attackers to execute code on the server.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-94 | NVD-CWE-noinfo | CWE-94 CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1[email protected]Secondary10CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED10CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Warfareplugins Social Warfare All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Warfareplugins Social Sharing Plugin Social Warfare affected 3.5.3 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
WordPress Social Warfare 3.5.2 Remote Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Social Warfare <= 3.5.2 - Remote Code Execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wordfence.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Raed Ahsan (en)

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
CNA2021-04-29T00:00:00.000ZDisclosed
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