CVE-2019-9978 (GCVE-0-2019-9978)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-03-24 14:47 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:45Summary
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)
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
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: 850933f8-408b-47b5-998d-ea5a1625373f
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2021-11-03
Asserted: 2021-11-03
Scope
Notes: KEV entry: 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
Created: 2026-02-02 12:29 UTC
| Updated: 2026-02-06 07:17 UTC
Shadowserver
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 1dd34c2c-5cd5-453b-9a3c-7b7ce9f2cd9c
Exploited: Yes
Characteristics
Severity:
61.0
Timestamps
First Seen: 2023-10-19
Asserted: 2023-10-19
Last Seen: 2026-07-19
Scope
Asset Exposure: ['internet-facing']
Notes: Affected: Wordpress / Wordpress Social Warfare plugin | Class: cms | Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.1) | IoT: no | In CISA KEV: yes | Honeypot connections on 2026-07-19: 1
Evidence
Type: Honeypot
Signal: In The Wild Attempts
Confidence: 70%
Source: shadowserver
Details
| 1D | 1 |
|---|---|
| Iot | no |
| Feed | Shadowserver Foundation honeypot/exploited-vulnerabilities |
| Type | http-scan |
| Class | cms |
| 7D Avg | 1 |
| Vendor | Wordpress |
| 30D Avg | 3 |
| 90D Avg | 2 |
| Product | Wordpress Social Warfare plugin |
| Cisa Kev | yes |
| Connections | 1 |
| Observation Date | 2026-07-19 |
| Vulnerability Class | CVSS |
| Vulnerability Score | 6.1 |
| Vulnerability Severity | Medium |
References
Created: 2026-06-30 09:22 UTC
| Updated: 2026-07-21 01:01 UTC
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: de48aef9-4244-491f-9c43-ee3298be1c4e
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2021-11-03
Asserted: 2021-11-03
Scope
Notes: KEVIntel entry: 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: 0.73543 | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: False
Evidence
Type: Public Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 70%
Source: kevintel
Details
| Feed | KEVIntel (kevintel.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... |
| Vendor | Warfare Plugins |
| Product | Social Warfare |
| Added Date | 2021-11-03T00:00:00.000Z |
| Cvss Score | 6.1 |
| Epss Score | 0.73543 |
| Cvss Severity | MEDIUM |
| Epss Percentile | 0.99399 |
| Used In Malware | unknown |
| Ahead Of Cisa Kev | None |
| Not Yet In Cisa Kev | False |
References
Created: 2026-06-23 14:04 UTC
| Updated: 2026-07-10 06:14 UTC
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"name": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html",
"refsource": "MISC",
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html"
}
]
}
}
}
},
"cveMetadata": {
"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
"assignerShortName": "mitre",
"cveId": "CVE-2019-9978",
"datePublished": "2019-03-24T14:47:26.000Z",
"dateReserved": "2019-03-24T00:00:00.000Z",
"dateUpdated": "2025-10-21T23:45:41.750Z",
"state": "PUBLISHED"
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"dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
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}
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}
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Experimental. This forecast is provided for visualization only and may change without notice. Do not use it for operational decisions.
Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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