VulnSocial

CVE-2019-9978Active Exploitation(warfareplugins / social_warfare)

LOWCVSS 6.1 · MEDIUMCISA KEV

Exploitation ongoing with high activity in latest observed window (1 mentions)

Immediate actions

  • Prioritize remediation for warfareplugins social_warfare systems immediately
  • Assume compromise if assets are exposed
  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Immediate (within 24h)

NVD 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.

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3.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Federal remediation due date: 2022-05-03. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Exploit / PoC references
Vendor / third-party advisories
Other references
Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-79

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

ACTIVE

PoC

YES

Patch

NONE

Momentum

STABLE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • social_warfare
  • social_warfare_pro

Threat summary

  • Active exploitation appears in 2 classified signals
  • 3 mentions across 3 observed days
  • Momentum state: stable

What's happening

  • Active exploitation reported across 2 signals
  • Technical details provided in 3 signals
  • General: 1 classified signal
  • Peaked 2d ago at 1 mentions (2026-03-30); latest day: 1
  • 3 total mentions across 3 days

Affected systems

Vendors
warfareplugins
Products
social_warfaresocial_warfare_pro

Deep dive

Activity timeline3 mentions / 3d
00111Mentions · 2026-03-30: 1Mentions · 2026-03-31: 1Mentions · 2026-08-23: 1Active Exploitation · 2026-03-30: 1Active Exploitation · 2026-03-31: 1Technical Details · 2026-03-30: 1Technical Details · 2026-03-31: 1Technical Details · 2026-08-23: 103-3003-3108-23
Signal classification2 categories
Active Exploitation
266.7%
General
133.3%
Referenced assets1 URL
By indicator
Classification over time
DateTotalLabels
2026-03-301
Active Exploitation1
2026-03-311
Active Exploitation1
2026-08-231
General1
Full discourse3 posts
  • Abdulmalik_cybersecurity@malik_cybersec
    General

    Day 21/100 vulnerable WordPress lab (VulnpreX) to sharpen recon skills beyond HTB. Fingerprinted WordPress 5.8 and identified two live vulnerable plugins: Social Warfare 3.5.2 (unauth RCE, CVE-2019-9978) and Mail Masta 1.0 (LFI). @commando_skiipz @ce3nerd @DefendWithFelix https://t.co/Ds8cr3iMe4

    Post summary

    A live WordPress lab discovered that the Social Warfare plugin version 3.5.2 has an unauthenticated RCE (CVE-2019-9978); no exploit code, patch, or active exploitation details were provided.

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  • Patrick Roland@DeusLogica
    Active Exploitation

    ⚠️ CISA KEV UPDATE | high confidence CVE-2019-9978 added to CISA KEV 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. ACTIVE EXPLOITATION CONFIRMED Source: CISA KEV | Reliability: A Link: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9978 #CVE #CISA #KEV #threatintel #infosec

    Post summary

    CISA confirms CVE-2019-9978 is actively exploited in the wild against the WordPress Social-Warfare plugin, but no Patch or PoC information is provided.

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  • Patrick Roland@DeusLogica
    Active Exploitation

    ⚠️ CISA KEV UPDATE | high confidence CVE-2019-9978 added to CISA KEV 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 th ACTIVE EXPLOITATION CONFIRMED Source: CISA KEV | Reliability: A Link: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9978 #CVE #CISA #KEV #threatintel #infosec

    Post summary

    CVE‑2019‑9978 is a stored XSS flaw in the social‑warfare WordPress plugin, actively exploited in the wild as noted by CISA KEV, with no patch or PoC details provided.

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CPE platform detail2 entries

2 of 2 entries

PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
Appwarfarepluginssocial_warfare-wordpress-
Appwarfarepluginssocial_warfare_pro-wordpress-

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