CVE-2019-9978
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9978
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-9978.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2019-9978
- Published
- 2019-03-24T15:29:00.243Z
- Modified
- 2025-11-20T11:07:28.381002Z
- Severity
-
- 6.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The social-warfare plugin before 3.5.3 for WordPress has stored XSS via the wp-admin/admin-post.php?swpdebug=loadoptions swp_url parameter, as exploited in the wild in March 2019. This affects Social Warfare and Social Warfare Pro.
- References
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- https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developers
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-9978
- 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://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://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/1
Affected packages
Git / github.com/warfare-plugins/social-warfare-pro
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/warfare-plugins/social-warfare-pro
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed