CVE-2019-9978

6.1 MEDIUM CISA KEV - Actively Exploited

Published: March 24, 2019 Modified: November 07, 2025

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Third Party Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Product

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link Third Party Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Third Party Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Third Party Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

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