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CVE-2019-9978 (GCVE-0-2019-9978)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-03-24 14:47 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:45

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Summary

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.

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: active Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-02-07 16:20 UTC

CWE

n/a
CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

mitre mitre root Scorecard

References

12 references

URL	Tags
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105	x_refsource_MISC
https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-x…	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-…	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/…	x_refsource_MISC
https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#dev…	x_refsource_MISC
https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852…	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/	exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordp…	x_refsource_MISC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordP…	x_refsource_MISC
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/1
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit…	government-resource

CISA

Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant

KEV entry ID: 64194a14-2c4e-4380-8e4d-930ae526ce49

Vulnerability ID: CVE-2019-9978

Status: Confirmed

Status Updated: 2021-11-03 01:00 CET

Exploited: Yes

Timestamps

First Seen: 2021-11-03

Asserted: 2021-11-03

Scope

Notes: WordPress Social Warfare Plugin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability | Affected: WordPress / Social Warfare Plugin | Description: WordPress Social Warfare plugin contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows for remote code execution. This vulnerability affects Social Warfare and Social Warfare Pro. | Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions. | Due date: 2022-05-03 | Known ransomware campaign use (KEV): Unknown | Notes (KEV): https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9978

Evidence

Type: Vendor Report

Signal: Successful Exploitation

Confidence: 80%

Source: cisa-kev

Details

Cwes	CWE-79
Feed	CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
Product	Social Warfare Plugin
Due Date	2022-05-03
Date Added	2021-11-03
Vendorproject	WordPress
Vulnerabilityname	WordPress Social Warfare Plugin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
Knownransomwarecampaignuse	Unknown

References

CVE-2019-9978

Created: 2026-10-02 08:10 CEST | Updated: 2026-10-02 08:10 CEST

Previdian

Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant

KEV entry ID: 0e67dd35-e66f-4af9-bcdb-2266f00ede2b

Vulnerability ID: CVE-2019-9978

Status: Confirmed

Status Updated: 2021-11-03 01:00 CET

Exploited: Yes

Timestamps

First Seen: 2021-11-03

Asserted: 2021-11-03

Scope

Notes: 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... | Affected: Warfare Plugins / Social Warfare | CVSS: 6.1 (MEDIUM) | EPSS: 0.72946 | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: False

Evidence

Type: Public Report

Signal: Successful Exploitation

Confidence: 70%

Source: previdian

Details

Feed	Previdian (previdian.com)
Title	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...
Cve Id	CVE-2019-9978
Vendor	Warfare Plugins
Ghsa Id	None
Product	Social Warfare
Added Date	2021-11-03T00:00:00.000Z
Cvss Score	6.1
Epss Score	0.72946
Previous Ids
Cvss Severity	MEDIUM
Virtual Patch	False
Cvss Estimated	False
Epss Percentile	0.99439
Used In Malware	unknown
Vulnerability Id	CVE-2019-9978
Ahead Of Cisa Kev	None
Not Yet In Cisa Kev	False

References

Created: 2026-10-02 09:10 CEST | Updated: 2026-10-02 09:10 CEST

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CNVD-2019-08082

Vulnerability from cnvd - Published: 2019-03-25

Title

WordPress social-warfare插件跨站脚本漏洞

Description

WordPress是WordPress基金会的一套使用PHP语言开发的博客平台。该平台支持在PHP和MySQL的服务器上架设个人博客网站。social-warfare plugin是使用在其中的一个社交平台分享插件。 WordPress social-warfare插件3.5.3之前版本中存在跨站脚本漏洞。远程攻击者可借助‘swp_url’参数利用该漏洞注入恶意的JavaScript脚本。

Severity

中

Patch Name

WordPress social-warfare插件跨站脚本漏洞的补丁

Patch Description

Formal description

目前厂商已发布升级补丁以修复漏洞，补丁获取链接： https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developers

Reference

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild/ https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-social-warfare/ https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105 https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developers

Impacted products

Name
WordPress social-warfare <3.5.3

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EUVD-2026-256243

European Vulnerability Database identifier assigned by ENISA

Reserved

2026-10-02 06:58

Assigner

ENISA

Alias of

a CVE record, shown under related vulnerabilities. This identifier carries no description, severity or references of its own: they belong to that CVE.

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{
  "assigner": "ENISA",
  "date_reserved": "2026-10-02T06:58:36.118906+00:00",
  "id": "EUVD-2026-256243"
}

FKIE_CVE-2019-9978

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2019-03-24 15:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:44

CISA Previdian

Severity

6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Summary

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Execution.html	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.html	Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developers	Product
cve@mitre.org	https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238	Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105	Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-social-warfare/	Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild/	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Execution.html	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/1	Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.html	Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developers	Product
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238	Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105	Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-social-warfare/	Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild/	Third Party Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0	https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-9978	US Government Resource

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	warfareplugins	social_warfare	*
	warfareplugins	social_warfare_pro	*

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "affectedData": [
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          "product": "n/a",
          "vendor": "n/a",
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    },
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    ],
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    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Third Party Advisory"
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    },
    {
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    {
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    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
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GHSA-GFX2-WV94-38HV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:07 – Updated: 2025-10-22 00:31

Details

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2019-9978"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2019-03-24T15:29:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-gfx2-wv94-38hv",
  "modified": "2025-10-22T00:31:37Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:07:40Z",
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    },
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099"
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}

GSD-2019-9978

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:23

Details

Aliases

CVE-2019-9978

Aliases

CVE-2019-9978

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{
  "GSD": {
    "alias": "CVE-2019-9978",
    "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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    "references": [
      "https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/cve/CVE-2019-9978"
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      "remediation": "unknown",
      "reportConfidence": "confirmed",
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CVE-2019-9978 (GCVE-0-2019-9978)

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Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant

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Vendor Report Successful Exploitation Confidence: 80% Source: cisa-kev

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Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant

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Public Report Successful Exploitation Confidence: 70% Source: previdian

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References

CNVD-2019-08082

EUVD-2026-256243

FKIE_CVE-2019-9978

GHSA-GFX2-WV94-38HV

GSD-2019-9978

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