CVE-2019-9978The 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.
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CISA lists it as known exploited since Nov 3, 2021; federal agencies had to remediate by May 3, 2022. Treat that date as your deadline.
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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.
- CVSS
- 6.1 MEDIUM (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- Known exploited
- Added to CISA KEV Nov 3, 2021; federal remediation due May 3, 2022Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 72.95% (percentile 99)
- Assigned by
- mitre
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
warfareplugins social_warfare warfareplugins:social_warfare | before 3.5.3 | NVD |
warfareplugins social_warfare_pro warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro | before 3.5.3 | NVD |
References
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238x-refsource-misc, broken-link, third-party-advisory
- https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105x-refsource-misc, exploit, third-party-advisory
- https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.htmlx-refsource-misc, exploit, third-party-advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild/x-refsource-misc, third-party-advisory
- https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-social-warfare/x-refsource-misc, exploit, third-party-advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developersx-refsource-misc, product
- https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099x-refsource-misc, third-party-advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/exploit, x-refsource-exploit-db, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlx-refsource-misc, exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlx-refsource-misc, exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/1mailing-list
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-9978us-government-resource
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