Stored XSS via unsanitized SVG uploads
Published Jan 29, 2024 · Updated Jun 20, 2025
Stored XSS in Easy SVG Allow 1.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to upload malicious SVG files through WordPress. The upload path stores SVG content without sanitizing embedded script payloads, and direct access to the uploaded file executes the payload. Author-level access is sufficient, and exploitation requires a victim to access the stored SVG, exposing data or actions available in that victim's browser session.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in Easy SVG Allow 1.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to upload malicious SVG files through WordPress. The upload path stores SVG content without sanitizing embedded script payloads, and direct access to the uploaded file executes the payload. Author-level access is sufficient, and exploitation requires a victim to access the stored SVG, exposing data or actions available in that victim's browser session.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-7089
- Published
- Jan 29, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 20, 2025
- Vendor
- Osama Baqi
- Product
- Easy SVG Allow
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 29, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 20, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Attacks
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Public exploit references
- WPScan malicious SVG proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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