Stored XSS via unsanitized uploaded SVG scripts
Published Jan 16, 2026 · Updated Jan 16, 2026
Stored XSS in SiYuan before 3.5.4-dev2 allows remote authenticated users to execute JavaScript by opening a crafted uploaded SVG. The asset-serving path returns uploaded SVG files as image/svg+xml without removing embedded script elements, so a browser executes them in the application origin. Exploitation requires an authenticated user to import or upload the SVG and then export or directly open it; script execution can read or alter data available to that session.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in SiYuan before 3.5.4-dev2 allows remote authenticated users to execute JavaScript by opening a crafted uploaded SVG. The asset-serving path returns uploaded SVG files as image/svg+xml without removing embedded script elements, so a browser executes them in the application origin. Exploitation requires an authenticated user to import or upload the SVG and then export or directly open it; script execution can read or alter data available to that session.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-23645
- Published
- Jan 16, 2026
- Updated
- Jan 16, 2026
- Vendor
- SiYuan Note
- Product
- SiYuan
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1204.002
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 16, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 16, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=< 3.5.4-dev2
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- GitHub advisory SVG stored-XSS proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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