CVEvulnerability
CVE-2019-9978
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
WordPress Social Warfare Plugin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability — WordPress Social Warfare Plugin
WordPress Social Warfare plugin contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows for remote code execution. This vulnerability affects Social Warfare and Social Warfare Pro.
- Added to KEV
- 2021-11-03
- Remediation due
- 2022-05-03
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Notes
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9978
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2019-03-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 6.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
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.
Affected configurations
• warfareplugins social warfare (< 3.5.3)
• warfareplugins social warfare pro (< 3.5.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099 Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developers Product
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-social-warfare/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild/ Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/1 Mailing List
- https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099 Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developers Product
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-social-warfare/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-9978 US Government Resource