{
    "id": "CVE-2019-9978",
    "published": "2019-03-24 15:29:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 02:44:58",
    "cvss_score": "6.1",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
    "cwe": "CWE-79",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.72946",
    "epss_percentile": "0.99437",
    "kev": 1,
    "kev_due": "2022-05-03",
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:24:01",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 1,
        "label": "Patch first",
        "why": "On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-05-03."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "warfareplugins",
            "product": "social_warfare"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "warfareplugins",
            "product": "social_warfare_pro"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": {
        "cve_id": "CVE-2019-9978",
        "date_added": "2021-11-03",
        "due_date": "2022-05-03",
        "vendor": "WordPress",
        "product": "Social Warfare Plugin",
        "name": "WordPress Social Warfare Plugin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability",
        "ransomware": 0
    },
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "52346",
            "title": "Social Warfare WordPress Plugin 3.5.2 - Remote Code Execution (RCE)",
            "date": "2025-06-26",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52346"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "46794",
            "title": "WordPress Plugin Social Warfare < 3.5.3 - Remote Code Execution",
            "date": "2019-05-03",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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/",
        "https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild/",
        "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-9978"
    ]
}