ghsa-gfx2-wv94-38hv
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:07
Modified
2025-10-22 00:31
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Details

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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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2019-9978"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2019-03-24T15:29:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-gfx2-wv94-38hv",
  "modified": "2025-10-22T00:31:37Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:07:40Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9978"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developers"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-9978"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-social-warfare"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Execution.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/1"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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