medium6.1Known exploitedPublic exploit code
CVE-2019-9978
WordPress Social Warfare Plugin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
Exploited in the wild
This vulnerability is on a Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue, added 2021-11-03. Federal due date: 2022-05-03.
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Public exploit code
Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.
- Social Warfare WordPress Plugin 3.5.2 - Remote Code Execution (RCE)2025-06-26 · webapps · multiple
- WordPress Plugin Social Warfare < 3.5.3 - Remote Code Execution2019-05-03 · webapps · php
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Warfareplugins | Social Warfare | before 3.5.3 |
| Warfareplugins | Social Warfare Pro | before 3.5.3 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- CISA KEV catalog
- 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://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developers
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238
- 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://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
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/1
- https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.html
- https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developers
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238
- 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/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-9978