CVE-2019-9978

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This affects Social Warfare and Social Warfare Pro."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "El plugin social-warfare, en versiones anteriores a la 3.5.3 para WordPress, tiene Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) persistente mediante el par\u00e1metro swp_url en wp-admin/admin-post.php?swp_debug=load_options, tal y como se explot\u00f3 \"in the wild\" en marzo de 2019. Esto afecta a Social Warfare y Social Warfare Pro."}], "lastModified": "2025-06-03T20:24:02.667", "cisaActionDue": "2022-05-03", "cisaExploitAdd": "2021-11-03", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "83C18979-2FA0-41FD-937B-D36626C39424", "versionEndExcluding": "3.5.3"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare_pro:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "36C5708C-0DF3-4426-BEDE-4E8B94AA36BD", "versionEndExcluding": "3.5.3"}], "operator": "OR"}]}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "cisaRequiredAction": "Apply updates per vendor instructions.", "cisaVulnerabilityName": "WordPress Social Warfare Plugin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability"}