CVE-2019-9978

Summary

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 Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238
• https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105
• https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.html
• https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild/
• https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-social-warfare/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developers
• https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/1

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: active
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: partial

Additional References

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

References

• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238
• https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105
• https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.html
• https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild/
• https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-social-warfare/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developers
• https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html

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