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CVE-2019-9978 Detail

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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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Execution.html CVE, MITRE Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html CVE, MITRE Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/1 CVE Mailing List 
https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.html CVE, MITRE Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developers CVE, MITRE Product 
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238 CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/ CVE, MITRE 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/ CVE, MITRE Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild/ CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 

This CVE is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Reference CISA's BOD 22-01 and Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog for further guidance and requirements.

Vulnerability Name Date Added Due Date Required Action
WordPress Social Warfare Plugin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability 11/03/2021 05/03/2022 Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') cwe source acceptance level NIST   CISA-ADP  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2019-9978
NVD Published Date:
03/24/2019
NVD Last Modified:
06/03/2025
Source:
MITRE