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CVE-2019-9978 - WordPress Social Warfare Plugin

AI Vulnerability Context

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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CISA KEVMEDIUM
CVE ID
CVE-2019-9978
Vendor/project
WordPress
Product
Social Warfare Plugin
Vulnerability name
WordPress Social Warfare Plugin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
Date added
2021-11-03
Due date
2022-05-03
Known ransomware campaign use
Unknown
CVSS v3
6.1
CWE-79

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NVD CVE pagehttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9978CVE API docshttps://nvd.nist.gov/developers/vulnerabilitiesData feedshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/data-feedsCataloghttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogData repositoryhttps://github.com/cisagov/kev-dataaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.htmlaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developersaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-social-warfare/af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild/af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-9978