CVE-2019-9978 (GCVE-0-2019-9978)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-03-24 14:47 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:45Summary
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.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: active
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-07 16:20 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
12 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-x… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#dev… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/ | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordp… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordP… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/1 | |
| https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit… | government-resource |
CISA
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 850933f8-408b-47b5-998d-ea5a1625373f
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2021-11-03
Asserted: 2021-11-03
Scope
Notes: WordPress Social Warfare Plugin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability | Affected: WordPress / Social Warfare Plugin | Description: 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. | Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions. | Due date: 2022-05-03 | Known ransomware campaign use (KEV): Unknown | Notes (KEV): https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9978
Evidence
Type: Vendor Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 80%
Source: cisa-kev
Details
| Cwes | CWE-79 |
|---|---|
| Feed | CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog |
| Product | Social Warfare Plugin |
| Due Date | 2022-05-03 |
| Date Added | 2021-11-03 |
| Vendorproject | WordPress |
| Vulnerabilityname | WordPress Social Warfare Plugin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability |
| Knownransomwarecampaignuse | Unknown |
References
Created: 2026-02-02 12:29 UTC
| Updated: 2026-11-04 13:34 UTC
Shadowserver
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 1dd34c2c-5cd5-453b-9a3c-7b7ce9f2cd9c
Exploited: Yes
Characteristics
Severity:
61.0
Timestamps
First Seen: 2023-10-19
Asserted: 2023-10-19
Last Seen: 2026-07-19
Scope
Asset Exposure: ['internet-facing']
Notes: Affected: Wordpress / Wordpress Social Warfare plugin | Class: cms | Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.1) | IoT: no | In CISA KEV: yes | Honeypot connections on 2026-07-19: 1
Evidence
Type: Honeypot
Signal: In The Wild Attempts
Confidence: 70%
Source: shadowserver
Details
| 1D | 1 |
|---|---|
| Iot | no |
| Feed | Shadowserver Foundation honeypot/exploited-vulnerabilities |
| Type | http-scan |
| Class | cms |
| 7D Avg | 1 |
| Vendor | Wordpress |
| 30D Avg | 3 |
| 90D Avg | 2 |
| Product | Wordpress Social Warfare plugin |
| Cisa Kev | yes |
| Connections | 1 |
| Observation Date | 2026-07-19 |
| Vulnerability Class | CVSS |
| Vulnerability Score | 6.1 |
| Vulnerability Severity | Medium |
References
Created: 2026-06-30 09:22 UTC
| Updated: 2026-07-21 01:01 UTC
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: de48aef9-4244-491f-9c43-ee3298be1c4e
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2021-11-03
Asserted: 2021-11-03
Scope
Notes: KEVIntel entry: 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... | Affected: Warfare Plugins / Social Warfare | CVSS: 6.1 (MEDIUM) | EPSS: 0.73543 | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: False
Evidence
Type: Public Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 70%
Source: kevintel
Details
| Feed | KEVIntel (kevintel.com) |
|---|---|
| Title | 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... |
| Vendor | Warfare Plugins |
| Product | Social Warfare |
| Added Date | 2021-11-03T00:00:00.000Z |
| Cvss Score | 6.1 |
| Epss Score | 0.73543 |
| Cvss Severity | MEDIUM |
| Epss Percentile | 0.99399 |
| Used In Malware | unknown |
| Ahead Of Cisa Kev | None |
| Not Yet In Cisa Kev | False |
References
Created: 2026-06-23 14:04 UTC
| Updated: 2026-07-10 06:14 UTC
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"name": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html",
"refsource": "MISC",
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html"
}
]
}
}
}
},
"cveMetadata": {
"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
"assignerShortName": "mitre",
"cveId": "CVE-2019-9978",
"datePublished": "2019-03-24T14:47:26.000Z",
"dateReserved": "2019-03-24T00:00:00.000Z",
"dateUpdated": "2025-10-21T23:45:41.750Z",
"state": "PUBLISHED"
},
"dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
"dataVersion": "5.1"
}
}
}
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Experimental. This forecast is provided for visualization only and may change without notice. Do not use it for operational decisions.
Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Vulnerability timeline
Sightings and recorded dates, grouped by day · UTC
How durations are calculated
Following the VTEM framework (Black Hat USA 2015), time to patch starts when the vendor or a coordinator was informed, total time to patch at discovery, and disclosure to patch at public disclosure; vendor response time runs from the report to its acknowledgement. Time to exploit and time unpatched start at the earliest discovery or report, falling back to public disclosure. Unpatched time ends at the first recorded patch, or the calculation time when no patch is recorded. Exploitation to patch shows the interval between those two events; a published proof of concept is a public exploit, not exploitation.
Each result shows its source dates. A negative interval means the end event came first; when date-only inputs leave the order open, the result says so. Date-only inputs are approximate. The earliest evidence wins: KEV report dates and sightings are labelled as such. Records describing another vulnerability are listed but never calculated from, and a PoC alone does not establish exploitation. Missing patch evidence does not prove that no patch exists. Filters below change the event list only.
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.