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CVE-2019-9978

Cross-site Scripting — is CVE-2019-9978real, exploitable, or a false positive? Here's the community ground truth.

Medium · CVSS 6.1EPSS 73.5%CISA KEVCWE-79 · Cross-site Scripting

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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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Community real-world severity: High (High 2) — CVSS base score 6.1

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    Field note · Nadia PetrovaCurated

    WordPress Social Warfare Plugin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) 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. Listed in the CISA KEV catalog (added 2021-11-03) — confirmed exploited in the wild, not theoretical. FIRST EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at ~74%. Treat it as real and prioritize remediation over triage.

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    Remediation · Aisha RahmanCurated

    Required action for WordPress Social Warfare Plugin: Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA set a federal remediation due date of 2022-05-03. After patching, verify the vulnerable path is no longer reachable before closing the finding.

Same weaknessCWE-79 · Cross-site Scripting.