Vulnerability Details 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 exploited in the wild in March 2019. This affects Social Warfare and Social Warfare Pro.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.893
EPSS Ranking 99.5%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 6.1
CVSS v2 Score 4.3
Proposed Action
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.
Ransomware Campaign
Unknown
References
- 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/
Products affected by CVE-2019-9978
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:2.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:2.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:2.0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:2.0.7
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:2.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:2.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:2.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:2.1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:2.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:2.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:2.2.10
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:2.2.11
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:2.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:2.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:2.2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:2.2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:2.2.6
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:2.2.7
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:2.2.8
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:2.2.9
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:2.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:2.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:2.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:2.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:2.3.4
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:2.3.5
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:3.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:3.0.8
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:3.0.9
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:3.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:3.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:3.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:3.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:3.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:3.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:3.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:3.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:3.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:3.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:3.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:3.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:3.5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro:2.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro:2.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro:2.2.10
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro:2.2.11
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro:2.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro:2.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro:2.2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro:2.2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro:2.2.6
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro:2.2.7
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro:2.2.8
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro:2.2.9
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro:2.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro:2.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro:2.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro:2.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro:2.3.4
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro:3.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro:3.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro:3.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro:3.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro:3.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro:3.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro:3.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro:3.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro:3.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro:3.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro:3.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro:3.5.2