Vulnerability · Published Nov 16, 2022 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2022-4022
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in SVG Support from benbodhi. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The SVG Support plugin for WordPress defaults to insecure settings in version 2.5 and 2.5.1. SVG files containing malicious javascript are not sanitized. While version 2.5 adds the ability to sanitize image as they are uploaded, the plugin defaults to disable sanitization and does not restrict SVG upload to only administrators. This allows authenticated attackers, with author-level privileges and higher, to upload malicious SVG files that can be embedded in posts and pages by higher privileged users. Additionally, the embedded JavaScript is also triggered on visiting the image URL, which allows an attacker to execute malicious code in browsers visiting that URL.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| benbodhi | SVG Support | 2.52.5.1 |