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CVE-2019-9978

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

  • Medium 6.1
  • Exploited: added to CISA KEV 3 Nov 2021
  • A public exploit reference is listed

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.

Key facts

Published
24 Mar 2019
Last changed
21 Oct 2025
Assigned by
mitre
KEV added
3 Nov 2021
KEV fix due
3 May 2022
EPSS
72.946% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 99.46% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
SSVC (CISA)
Exploitation: active; Automatable: no; Technical impact: partial

Severity scores

Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.

  • 6.1CVSS 3.1, Mediumfrom CISA (ADP container)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

What to do

  • Apply updates per vendor instructions.CISA KEV required action

Historical context and remediation

This reference retains the original CVE publication date. A recent record update does not mean a new attack occurred.

No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.

Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

Read the original CVE record.

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
n/an/a
  • n/a (affected)

Timeline

  1. 24 Mar 2019 Published
  2. 3 Nov 2021 CVE-2019-9978 added to CISA KEV
  3. 3 Nov 2021 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue

Weakness

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References