Stored XSS via unsanitized remote SVG inlining
Published Sep 26, 2022 · Updated May 21, 2025
Stored XSS in Benbodhi SVG Support before 2.5 allows remote authenticated users to execute scripts through a URL-loaded SVG. Advanced Mode fetches and inlines an SVG selected by the style-svg class without removing active event-handler attributes. Author access is required to publish the crafted image, and script execution occurs when another user views and interacts with the resulting page.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in Benbodhi SVG Support before 2.5 allows remote authenticated users to execute scripts through a URL-loaded SVG. Advanced Mode fetches and inlines an SVG selected by the style-svg class without removing active event-handler attributes. Author access is required to publish the crafted image, and script execution occurs when another user views and interacts with the resulting page.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-1755
- Published
- Sep 26, 2022
- Updated
- May 21, 2025
- Vendor
- Benbodhi
- Product
- SVG Support
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 26, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 21, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=2.5 <2.5
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Public exploit references
- WPScan URL-loaded SVG proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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