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CVE-2019-9978 KEV EXPLOIT

6.1
MEDIUM · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 72.9% (pctl 99)

Patch first

On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-05-03.

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.

Scoring

CVSS6.1 (MEDIUM, v3.1)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS72.95% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-79
On CISA KEVyes — remediate by 2022-05-03
Public exploityes
Published2019-03-24
Last modified2026-06-17

CISA KEV

NameWordPress Social Warfare Plugin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
Added2021-11-03
Due2022-05-03
Vendor / productWordPress / Social Warfare Plugin
Ransomware usenone reported

Affected (2)

VendorProduct
warfarepluginssocial warfare
warfarepluginssocial warfare pro

Public exploits

References

→ the Explorer  ·  watch your stack  ·  NVD