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FKIE_CVE-2021-4434

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-01-17 09:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:19
Severity
10.0 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The 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.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/98cf2a10-cc53-4479-87d1-71489f6a8c51?source=cveThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/98cf2a10-cc53-4479-87d1-71489f6a8c51?source=cveThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
warfareplugins social_warfare *
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