fkie_cve-2019-9978
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2019-03-24 15:29
Modified
2025-11-07 19:33
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developersProduct
cve@mitre.orghttps://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-social-warfare/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/1Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developersProduct
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild/Third Party Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-9978US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
warfareplugins social_warfare *
warfareplugins social_warfare_pro *


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{
  "cisaActionDue": "2022-05-03",
  "cisaExploitAdd": "2021-11-03",
  "cisaRequiredAction": "Apply updates per vendor instructions.",
  "cisaVulnerabilityName": "WordPress Social Warfare Plugin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability",
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    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "El plugin social-warfare, en versiones anteriores a la 3.5.3 para WordPress, tiene Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) persistente mediante el par\u00e1metro swp_url en wp-admin/admin-post.php?swp_debug=load_options, tal y como se explot\u00f3 \"in the wild\" en marzo de 2019. Esto afecta a Social Warfare y Social Warfare Pro."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2019-9978",
  "lastModified": "2025-11-07T19:33:51.637",
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