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.
Exploits (17)
exploitdb
WORKING POC
by Huseyin Mardinli · pythonwebappsmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52346
nomisec
WORKING POC
by Housma · poc
https://github.com/Housma/CVE-2019-9978-Social-Warfare-WordPress-Plugin-RCE
Nuclei Templates (1)
WordPress Social Warfare <3.5.3 - Cross-Site Scripting
MEDIUMby madrobot,dwisiswant0
FOFA:
body="social-warfare" && body="wp-"
References (12)
Scores
CVSS v3
6.1
EPSS
0.8765
EPSS Percentile
99.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Lab Environment
COMMUNITY
Community Lab
+11 more repos
Details
CISA KEV
2021-11-03
VulnCheck KEV
2019-03-24
InTheWild.io
2021-07-23
ENISA EUVD
EUVD-2019-19332
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (2)
warfareplugins/social_warfare
< 3.5.3
warfareplugins/social_warfare_pro
< 3.5.3
Published
Mar 24, 2019
KEV Added
Nov 03, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026