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
| CVSS | 6.1 (MEDIUM, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| EPSS | 72.95% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | yes — remediate by 2022-05-03 |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2019-03-24 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
CISA KEV
| Name | WordPress Social Warfare Plugin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability |
|---|---|
| Added | 2021-11-03 |
| Due | 2022-05-03 |
| Vendor / product | WordPress / Social Warfare Plugin |
| Ransomware use | none reported |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| warfareplugins | social warfare |
| warfareplugins | social warfare pro |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Social Warfare WordPress Plugin 3.5.2 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) | 2025-06-26 |
| exploit-db | WordPress Plugin Social Warfare < 3.5.3 - Remote Code Execution | 2019-05-03 |
References
- 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
- https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.html
- https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developers
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238
- https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/
- https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-social-warfare/
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild/
- 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
- https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.html
- https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developers
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238
- https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/
- https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-social-warfare/
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