CVE-2019-9978

MediumPublished

WordPress Social Warfare Plugin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

Published: Mar 24, 2019
Updated: Oct 21, 2025
Assigning CNA: mitre
Evidence observed: May 3, 2019

Primary CVSS

6.1/ 10Medium

nvd · CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS probability estimate

72.9%

High · next 30 days

Percentile: 99.4%
Model date: Oct 13, 2026

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CISA Known Exploited

This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Summary

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.

Sources

Repository evidence: Files: 1 · Repositories: 1

1 Template

WordPress Social Warfare <3.5.3 - Cross-Site ScriptingTemplate
http/cves/2019/CVE-2019-9978.yaml
Nuclei Templates
DetectionEvidence observed: Sep 26, 2026Revision: a0267c4b3f67Related tool
Declared conditions
- network: http($.protocol_keys)
- verification: word($.matchers[*].type)
- oob: interactsh_reference($.template_text)

cve-2019-9978PoC
cve-2019-9978 PoC
Vuln_Exploitation_MegaQuagga_PentestResearch

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