CVE-2019-9978

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

Severity Score

6.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

Yes

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

El plugin social-warfare, en versiones anteriores a la 3.5.3 para WordPress, tiene Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) persistente mediante el parámetro swp_url en wp-admin/admin-post.php?swp_debug=load_options, tal y como se explotó "in the wild" en marzo de 2019. Esto afecta a Social Warfare y Social Warfare Pro.

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.

WordPress Social Warfare plugin versions prior to 3.5.3 suffer from a remote code execution vulnerability.

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.

*Credits: Andrew Wilder

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-03-21 CVE Published
2019-03-24 CVE Reserved
2019-05-03 First Exploit
2021-11-03 Exploited in Wild
2022-05-03 KEV Due Date
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2024-12-17 EPSS Updated

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (19)

URL	Tag	Source
https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099	Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developers	Product
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238	Broken Link
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794	2024-08-04
https://github.com/hash3liZer/CVE-2019-9978	2019-05-03
https://github.com/KTN1990/CVE-2019-9978	2019-05-07
https://github.com/mpgn/CVE-2019-9978	2019-05-09
https://github.com/grimlockx/CVE-2019-9978	2023-02-03
https://github.com/h8handles/CVE-2019-9978-Python3	2024-04-06
https://github.com/cved-sources/cve-2019-9978	2021-04-15
https://github.com/d3fudd/CVE-2019-9978_Exploit	2023-12-05
https://github.com/0xMoonrise/cve-2019-9978	2023-11-09
https://github.com/MAHajian/CVE-2019-9978	2024-09-20
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Execution.html	2024-08-04
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html	2024-08-04
https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.html	2024-08-04
https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105	2024-08-04
https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-social-warfare	2024-08-04

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Warfareplugins Search vendor "Warfareplugins"		Social Warfare Search vendor "Warfareplugins" for product "Social Warfare"				< 3.5.3 Search vendor "Warfareplugins" for product "Social Warfare" and version " < 3.5.3"		wordpress		Affected
Warfareplugins Search vendor "Warfareplugins"		Social Warfare Pro Search vendor "Warfareplugins" for product "Social Warfare Pro"				< 3.5.3 Search vendor "Warfareplugins" for product "Social Warfare Pro" and version " < 3.5.3"		wordpress		Affected