{
  "id": "CVE-2019-9978",
  "url": "https://spydr.io/cve/CVE-2019-9978",
  "published": "2019-03-24T15:29:00.243Z",
  "modified": "2026-06-17T02:44:58.130Z",
  "score": 6.1,
  "severity": "medium",
  "cvss_version": "3.1",
  "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
  "score_source": "NVD",
  "epss": 0.72946,
  "epss_percentile": 0.99442,
  "exploited": true,
  "kev": {
    "added": "2021-11-03",
    "due": "2022-05-03",
    "action": "Apply updates per vendor instructions.",
    "ransomware": "Unknown",
    "name": "WordPress Social Warfare Plugin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability",
    "notes": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9978"
  },
  "ssvc_exploitation": "active",
  "vendors": [
    "warfareplugins"
  ],
  "products": [
    "warfareplugins social warfare",
    "warfareplugins social warfare pro"
  ],
  "cwes": [
    "CWE-79"
  ],
  "description": "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.",
  "status": "Analyzed",
  "score_type": "Primary",
  "scores": {
    "cvss_v40": null,
    "cvss_v31": 6.1,
    "cvss_v30": null
  },
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Execution.html",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit",
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit",
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.html",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developers",
      "tags": [
        "Product"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-social-warfare/",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild/",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/1",
      "tags": [
        "Mailing List"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-9978",
      "tags": [
        "US Government Resource"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "nvd_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9978",
  "covered_in": [],
  "attribution": [
    {
      "source": "NVD",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov",
      "notice": "This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD."
    },
    {
      "source": "CISA KEV",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "notice": "Known exploited vulnerabilities from the CISA KEV catalog."
    },
    {
      "source": "FIRST EPSS",
      "url": "https://www.first.org/epss",
      "notice": "Exploit prediction scores from FIRST EPSS."
    }
  ]
}