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.

• CWE-79
• CWE-79

• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099Third Party Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developersProduct
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-social-warfare/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild/Third Party Advisory
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/1Mailing List
• https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099Third Party Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developersProduct
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-social-warfare/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild/Third Party Advisory
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-9978US Government Resource

Published

Mar 24, 2019

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Analyzed

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