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CVE-2019-9978 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.1 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CNA: CISA-ADPCVSS-B:6.1 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-9978	CISA-ADP	US Government Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Execution.html	CVE	ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html	CVE	ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.html	CVE	ExploitThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/1	CVE	Mailing List
https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developers	CVE	Product
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238	CVE	Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105	CVE	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-social-warfare/	CVE	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Execution.html	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.html	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developers	[email protected]	Product
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238	[email protected]	Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-social-warfare/	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild/	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

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This CVE is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Reference CISA's BOD 22-01 and Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog for further guidance and requirements.

Vulnerability Name	Date Added	Due Date	Required Action
WordPress Social Warfare Plugin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability	Nov 3, 2021	May 3, 2022	Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-79	Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')	[email protected]
CWE-79	Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')	CISA-ADP

Affected Products

Product	Versions
warfareplugins social warfare	< 3.5.3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare::::::wordpress::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
warfareplugins social warfare pro	< 3.5.3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro::::::wordpress::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

19 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2025	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Oct 22, 2025	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Oct 21, 2025	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Oct 21, 2025	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Jun 3, 2025	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Jun 3, 2025	CVE Modified	CVE
Feb 28, 2025	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Feb 7, 2025	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
Jul 25, 2024	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 30, 2021	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 7, 2019	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
May 4, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 3, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 26, 2019	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Mar 26, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]