CVE-2019-9978 — WordPress Social Warfare Plugin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
Overview
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.
Vulnerability details
- CVE ID
- CVE-2019-9978
- Vulnerability
- WordPress Social Warfare Plugin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
- Vendor
- WordPress
- Affected products
- WordPress: Social Warfare Plugin
- Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitation status
- Actively exploited in the wild (CISA KEV)
- Published
- 2021-11-03
Remediation guidance
CVE-2019-9978 is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog — U.S. federal civilian agencies are required to remediate it under Binding Operational Directive 22-01. Treat it as a priority for every environment.
Apply the vendor's official security update for WordPress the affected product as soon as possible. Where a patch is unavailable, apply vendor mitigations or isolate/segment exposed systems.
Hunt for indicators of compromise tied to this vulnerability and confirm logging/EDR coverage on affected assets.
Authoritative references
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