Medium severity6.1CISA KEVOSV Advisory· Published Mar 24, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-9978
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.
AI Insight
LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.
Affected products
42.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.2.10, …+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.2.10, …
- cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*range: <3.5.3
- cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*Range: <3.5.3
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
12- packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlnvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlnvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.htmlnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-social-warfare/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099nvdThird Party Advisory
- wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238nvdBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild/nvdThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/1nvdMailing List
- wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/nvdProduct
- www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalognvdUS Government Resource