Social Warfare <= 3.5.2 — Unauthenticated Arbitrary Settings Update
CVE-2019-9978Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <3.5.3Update to 3.5.3 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.2
- CVSS
- 7.2CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:CScope- Changed
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare social-warfare
- Affected< 3.5.3
- Patched in3.5.3
Update to 3.5.3 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 3.5.3. Version 3.5.3 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 3.5.3, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Andrew Wilder.
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.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare
All 9| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤4.5.5Update to 4.5.6 | CVE-2025-26973 | |
| Critical10.0 | Injected Backdoor 4.4.6.4 – 4.4.7.1Update to 4.4.7.3 | CVE-2024-6297 | |
| Medium4.3 | Cross-Site Request Forgery ≤4.4.5.1Update to 4.4.6 | CVE-2024-34825 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ≤4.4.6.1Update to 4.4.6.2 | CVE-2024-1959 | |
| Medium6.4 | Social Warfare <= 4.4.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ≤4.4.3Update to 4.4.4 | CVE-2023-4842 |
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤4.5.5Update to 4.5.6
- Critical10.0Injected Backdoor
4.4.6.4 – 4.4.7.1Update to 4.4.7.3
- Medium4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery
≤4.4.5.1Update to 4.4.6
- Medium6.4Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
≤4.4.6.1Update to 4.4.6.2
- Medium6.4Social Warfare <= 4.4.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
≤4.4.3Update to 4.4.4
Same weakness (Cross-Site Scripting)
All Cross-Site Scripting| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment User-Agent Header | CVE-2026-120688 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via File Upload via Public Form Submission | CVE-2026-125055 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter | CVE-2026-119077 | |
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'search' Parameter | CVE-2026-121518 |
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment User-Agent Header
EZ SQL Reports Shortcode Widget and DB Backup
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- Critical9.8Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via File Upload via Public Form Submission
Chatterbug Forms – Fast, Flexible WordPress Form Builder
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- Critical9.8Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter
ELEX WordPress HelpDesk & Customer Ticketing System
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- Medium5.3Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'search' Parameter
Customer Reviews for WooCommerce
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.2
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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