CVE-2019-9978

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-9978
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-03-24 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2021-07-30 14:15:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.876500000 probability, percentile 0.994720000 (date 2026-04-23)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2021-11-03; due 2022-05-03; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-79

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorWordPress
ProductSocial Warfare Plugin
NameWordPress Social Warfare Plugin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9978

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Warfareplugins Social Warfare All All All All
Application Warfareplugins Social Warfare All All All All
Application Warfareplugins Social Warfare Pro All All All All
Application Warfareplugins Social Warfare Pro All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Zero-Day Stored XSS in Social Warfare MISC blog.sucuri.net Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Social Warfare <= 3.5.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Settings Update MISC wpvulndb.com Third Party Advisory
WordPress Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org MISC wordpress.org Product, Third Party Advisory
Stored XSS in Social Warfare WordPress plugin MISC www.cybersecurity-help.cz Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Warfare Plugins na Twitterze: "On the afternoon of March 21, 2019, we were made aware of Zero-Day vulnerability affecting websites using the Social Warfare plugin. https://t.co/M0DjCoc6Ho" MISC twitter.com Third Party Advisory
www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persistent-cros... MISC www.pluginvulnerabilities.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Unpatched Zero-Day Vulnerability in Social Warfare Plugin Exploited In The Wild MISC www.wordfence.com Third Party Advisory
WordPress Social Warfare 3.5.2 Remote Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
Wordpress Social Warfare Remote Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
WordPress Plugin Social Warfare < 3.5.3 - Remote Code Execution - PHP webapps Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev
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