CVE-2019-9978

MEDIUMCISA KEV

6.1

Description

The social-warfare plugin before 3.5.3 for WordPress has stored XSS via the wp-admin/admin-post.php?swp_debug=load_options swp_url parameter, as exploited in the wild in March 2019. This affects Social Warfare and Social Warfare Pro.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score6.1

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published3/24/2019

Last Modified11/7/2025

Sourcekev

Honeypot Sightings0

CISA KEV

VendorWordPress

ProductSocial Warfare Plugin

Vulnerability NameWordPress Social Warfare Plugin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

KEV Date Added2021-11-03

Remediation Due Date2022-05-03

Ransomware UseUnknown

Affected Products

warfareplugins:social_warfarewarfareplugins:social_warfare_pro

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79CWE-79

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Execution.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099(cve@mitre.org)

https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developers(cve@mitre.org)

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-social-warfare/(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild/(cve@mitre.org)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Execution.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developers(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-social-warfare/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-9978(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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