WordPress Plugin ‘Social Warfare’ < 3.5.3 XSS

Malicious eval() is being inserted into the wp_options table, in the option_name: social_wafare_settings, in the Twitter field.

When the plugin is active, it causes the site to issue a JavaScript redirect to porn sites.

Deactivating the plugin disables the redirect, but the malicious eval() is still in the database.

The plugin has been pulled from the WordPress repository.

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/malware-into-new-update/

So far we have seen this exploited on live sites running 3.5.1 and 3.5.2.

Source: https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/159570

See also: https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9238

Posted in Updates, Vulnerability.