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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...

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
March 24, 2019
Published Date
March 24, 2019
Last Updated
October 21, 2025
Vendor
Warfare Plugins
Product
Social Warfare
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.
Tags
wordpress php cisa nuclei_scanner

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

6.1 - MEDIUM

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

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

SSVC Information

Exploitation
active
Technical Impact
partial

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (2021-11-03 00:00:00 UTC) Source

References

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238 https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105 https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.html 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://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developers https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/ 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

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
CISA 2021-11-03 00:00:00 UTC
CISA 2021-11-03 00:00:00 UTC

Scanner Integrations

Scanner URL Date Detected
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2019/CVE-2019-9978.yaml 2025-04-25 00:00:00 UTC

Potential Proof of Concepts

Warning: These PoCs have not been tested and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

echoosso/CVE-2019-9978

Type: github • Created: 2025-03-27 23:18:51 UTC • Stars: 1

A Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Social Warfare plugin for WordPress, affecting versions below 3.5.3.

MAHajian/CVE-2019-9978

Type: github • Created: 2024-09-20 11:25:45 UTC • Stars: 0

grimlockx/CVE-2019-9978

Type: github • Created: 2023-01-20 16:29:18 UTC • Stars: 3

Remote Code Execution in Social Warfare Plugin before 3.5.3 for Wordpress.

d3fudd/CVE-2019-9978_Exploit

Type: github • Created: 2022-11-15 01:22:38 UTC • Stars: 2

Social WarFare Plugin (<=3.5.2) Remote Code Execution

KTN1990/CVE-2019-9978

Type: github • Created: 2019-05-06 04:48:43 UTC • Stars: 6

Wordpress Social Warfare Remote Code Execution (AUTO UPLOAD SHELL)

hash3liZer/CVE-2019-9978

Type: github • Created: 2019-05-03 05:57:44 UTC • Stars: 19

CVE-2019-9978 - (PoC) RCE in Social WarFare Plugin (<=3.5.2)

mpgn/CVE-2019-9978

Type: github • Created: 2019-03-25 23:38:58 UTC • Stars: 8

CVE-2019-9978 - RCE on a Wordpress plugin: Social Warfare < 3.5.3

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Detected by Nuclei