CVE-2019-9978

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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.

References

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https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild/

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/

https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099

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

https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-9978

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238

https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developers

https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.html

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/1

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Execution.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-03-24

Updated: 2025-11-07

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

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