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CVE-2019-9978

MEDIUM 6.1 CVSS 3.1
Published
March 24, 2019
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Analyzed
Reported by
cve@mitre.org
Weakness
CWE-79
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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 WordPress components

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • n/a n/a — Versions not specified
  • warfareplugins social_warfare — Before 3.5.3
  • warfareplugins social_warfare_pro — Before 3.5.3

References

  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • blog.sucuri.net https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • twitter.com https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099 Third Party Advisory
  • wordpress.org https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developers Product
  • wpvulndb.com https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
  • www.cybersecurity-help.cz https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • www.exploit-db.com https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • www.pluginvulnerabilities.com 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
  • www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild/ Third Party Advisory
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/1 Mailing List
  • www.cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-9978 US Government Resource
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record