Author-level stored XSS via unsanitized SVG uploads
Published Jan 2, 2025 · Updated Jan 6, 2025
Stored XSS in WP Enabled SVG 0.7 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to upload SVG files containing executable scripts. The Media Library upload path accepts SVG content without removing script-capable elements or attributes, leaving the payload stored as an attachment. An Author-or-higher account must upload the crafted file, and another user must view it for the script to run in that site's origin.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in WP Enabled SVG 0.7 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to upload SVG files containing executable scripts. The Media Library upload path accepts SVG content without removing script-capable elements or attributes, leaving the payload stored as an attachment. An Author-or-higher account must upload the crafted file, and another user must view it for the script to run in that site's origin.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-11184
- Published
- Jan 2, 2025
- Updated
- Jan 6, 2025
- Vendor
- Michael W. Delaney
- Product
- WP Enabled SVG
- Classifications
- T1189
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jan 2, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 6, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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