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    CVE-2019-9978

    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.

    Published:Mar 24, 2019
    Last Modified:Nov 7, 2025
    EPS:Mar 24, 2019
    EPSS Score:0.88161
    CVSS Score:6.1

    CISA Notification

    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.

    Required Action:

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

    Notes:

    No extra notes provided.

    Due Date
    May 3, 2022
    1592 days ago
    Alert Date
    Nov 3, 2021
    1773 days ago

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Warfareplugins
    Product
    Social Warfare
    Vendor
    Warfareplugins
    Product
    Social Warfare Pro

    Exploits

    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlhttps://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.htmlhttps://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-social-warfare/http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlhttps://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.htmlhttps://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-social-warfare/https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52346https://github.com/0xMoonrise/cve-2019-9978https://github.com/aktia1/MegaQuagga_Pentesting_Reporthttps://github.com/B4ntGrim/Vuln_Exploitation_MegaQuagga_Pentesthttps://github.com/B4ntGrim/Vuln_Remediation_MegaQuaggahttps://github.com/cved-sources/cve-2019-9978https://github.com/d3fudd/CVE-2019-9978_Exploithttps://github.com/echoosso/CVE-2019-9978https://github.com/grimlockx/CVE-2019-9978https://github.com/h8handles/CVE-2019-9978-Python3https://github.com/hash3liZer/CVE-2019-9978https://github.com/Housma/CVE-2019-9978-Social-Warfare-WordPress-Plugin-RCEhttps://github.com/KTN1990/CVE-2019-9978https://github.com/MAHajian/CVE-2019-9978https://github.com/mpgn/CVE-2019-9978https://github.com/TokyoHunter/CVE-2019-9978-Social-Warfare-WordPress-RCEhttps://github.com/Vaidehim55/CVE-2019-9978-RCE-PoChttps://github.com/xxoprt/payloadCVE-2019-9978https://github.com/yup-Ivan/CVE-2019-9978https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794

    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/
    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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High