CVE-2019-9978

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2021-11-03. Federal remediation due 2022-05-03.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

72.95% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2019-03-24 14:47Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:45Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2019-03-24

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.1)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

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

Data version

5.1

Document digest

50fecd7459ab5670526a5d566421bb871e2b991e98885afaa1bd3ffb02ee7fb6

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• www.cybersecurity-help.czhttps://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105x_refsource_MISC
• blog.sucuri.nethttps://blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild/x_refsource_MISC
• www.pluginvulnerabilities.comhttps://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-social-warfare/x_refsource_MISC
• wordpress.orghttps://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/#developersx_refsource_MISC
• twitter.comhttps://twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099x_refsource_MISC
• www.exploit-db.com46794https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• seclists.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/1
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-9978government-resource