Vulnerability Intelligence Report
WordPress Social Warfare Plugin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
CVE-2019-9978
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.
CISA KEV
Nuclei Template
SSVC: Active Exploitation
CVSS Base Score
6.1
MEDIUM
Exploitability:2.9
Impact Score:2.8
EPSS Probability:73.54%
Executive Threat Verdict
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Attack Surface
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Authentication
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-79 ↗CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| warfareplugins | social_warfare | all |
| warfareplugins | social_warfare_pro | all |
References & Technical Advisories
No reference links found.
Threat Intelligence Signals
CISA KEV
ACTIVE IN CATALOG
Nuclei Template
SCANNER AVAILABLE
EPSS Score
73.543%
GitHub Advisory
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | MITRE Corporation · N/A · USA |
| Reserved | 2019-03-24T00:00:00 |
| Published | 2019-03-24T14:47:26 |
| Last Updated | 2025-10-21T23:45:41 |
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