CVE-2019-9978

high-risk
Published 2019-03-24

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.

Do I need to act?

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87.6% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 12% of all CVEs
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CISA KEV: actively exploited in the wild
On the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — federal agencies must patch
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2 public exploits available
52346, 46794
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 6.1/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

Warfareplugins

References (22)

Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code...
Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remot...
Exploit https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.html
Third Party Advisory https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099
Product https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developers
Broken Link https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238
Exploit https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105
Third Party Advisory https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/
Exploit https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-cha...
Third Party Advisory https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-socia...
Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code...
Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remot...
Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/1
Exploit https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.html
Third Party Advisory https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099
Product https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developers
Broken Link https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238
Exploit https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105
Third Party Advisory https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/
Exploit https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-cha...
and 2 more references
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high-risk
Severity 23/34 · High
Exploitability 27/34 · High
Exposure 7/34 · Low