SVG Sanitizer library <= 0.15.4 - Cross-Site Scripting Bypass

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2023-28426
CVSS High (7.2)
Publicly Published March 23, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Cyxow
Description

The SVG Sanitizer library is vulnerable to XSS Bypass in versions up to, and including, 0.15.4. This may allow an attacker to successfully upload an SVG with persistent Cross-Site Scripting payloads in cases where a plugin is using this library to safely process SVG files.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug safe-svg (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.0.3
Patched Version
  • 2.1.0
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