PT-2024-16759 · WordPress · Svg Block

Francesco Carlucci · Published 2024-11-19 · Updated 2024-11-22 · CVE-2024-11098

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SVG Block plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.1.24

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via REST API SVG File uploads due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This allows authenticated attackers with Administrator-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses the SVG file.

Recommendations For SVG Block plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.1.24, update to the latest version available to secure your site and mitigate potential exploits. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the REST API SVG File uploads until a patch is available.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-11098

Affected Products

Svg Block

References · 13

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11098 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1859824638659805417 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/11438 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1858780104375054746 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1859824649586049348 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3188270 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/79cc1f11-9b53-4e71-b0cc-8f8ebd4a5f32?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1859824628367012243 · Twitter Post
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/svg-block/#developers · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/102104 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1859824769907998866 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1859824783694741794 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1859824777214501359 · Twitter Post