WordPress Social Warfare Plugin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

[ Why it matters ]Priority signals

• Exploited in the wild: on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since 2021-11-03
• EPSS: 73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (higher than 99% of CVEs)

[ Description ]Official description

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.

CISA: 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.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

CISA required action (US federal deadline 3 May 2022): Apply updates per vendor instructions.

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ References ]References

• packetstormsecurity.com/files/152722/Wordpress-Social-Warfare-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
• packetstormsecurity.com/files/163680/WordPress-Social-Warfare-3.5.2-Remote-Code-Executi…ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
• blog.sucuri.net/2019/03/zero-day-stored-xss-in-social-warfare.htmlExploitThird Party Advisory
• twitter.com/warfareplugins/status/1108852747099652099Third Party Advisory
• wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfareProduct
• wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9238Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
• www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019032105ExploitThird Party Advisory
• www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46794Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
• www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/03/21/full-disclosure-of-settings-change-persistent-…ExploitThird Party Advisory
• www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/unpatched-zero-day-vulnerability-in-social-warfare-plugi…Third Party Advisory
• seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/1Mailing List
• www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogUS Government Resource