Security advisory

{
  "id": "96e1b293b1cdda7a8befcc053a93e7935eb52353c07eb02fcec814585ebb1dfd",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-9978",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-9978",
    "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-9978",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2019-9978",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2019-9978"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/warfare-plugins/social-warfare-pro",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "20d9ee2a588f4a1f220eb8eab7156547453cded7"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "3.5.3"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "3.5.2",
            "3.5.1",
            "3.5.0",
            "3.4.2",
            "3.4.1",
            "3.3.3",
            "3.3.2",
            "2.3.4",
            "2.3.3",
            "2.3.2",
            "2.3.1",
            "2.3.0",
            "2.2.11",
            "2.2.10",
            "2.2.9",
            "2.2.8",
            "2.2.7",
            "2.2.6",
            "2.2.5",
            "v2.2.4",
            "2.2.3",
            "2.2.2",
            "2.2.1",
            "2.2.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-9978.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:52.702526136Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developers",
        "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-9978",
        "https://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099",
        "https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/",
        "https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild/",
        "https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.html",
        "https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105",
        "https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-social-warfare/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "warfareplugins:social_warfare",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "fixed": "3.5.3"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_RANGE"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-9978",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 437759,
  "published_at": "2019-03-24T15:29:00.243+00:00"
}