CVE-2019-9978
KEVMEDIUM 6.1EPSS 72.9%
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 v3.1
- 6.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS v3.1
- 6.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS v2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - EPSS
- 72.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 99th percentile
- CISA KEV
- added 2021-11-03
- Nuclei
- medium · CWE-79
- Published
- 2019-03-24
- Updated
- 2025-10-21
Proof-of-concept exploits (19)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Executio…
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Ex…
- https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.html
- https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105
- https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persi…
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- KTN1990/CVE-2019-99786★ · 2019-05-07
- MAHajian/CVE-2019-99780★ · 2024-09-20
- cved-sources/cve-2019-99780★ · 2021-04-15
- d3fudd/CVE-2019-9978_Exploit3★ · 2022-11-15
- echoosso/CVE-2019-99781★ · 2025-04-10
- grimlockx/CVE-2019-99784★ · 2023-02-03
- h8handles/CVE-2019-9978-Python30★ · 2024-04-06
- hash3liZer/CVE-2019-997822★ · 2021-06-26
- mpgn/CVE-2019-99788★ · 2019-05-09
- Vaidehim55/CVE-2019-9978-RCE-PoC
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