CVE detail
CVE-2019-9978: WordPress Social Warfare Plugin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog · back to feed
Vendor / product
WordPress · Social Warfare Plugin
- Date added (KEV)
- Nov 03, 2021
- CISA due date
- May 03, 2022
- Ransomware campaign use
- Unknown
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Technical detail
From CISA
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.
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9978
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- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.htmlExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developersProduct
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105ExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-social-warfare/ExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild/Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/1Mailing List
- https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.htmlExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developersProduct
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105ExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-social-warfare/ExploitThird 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
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