PT-2025-21373 · WordPress · Allow Svg

Bob Matyas · Published 2025-05-15 · Updated 2025-06-11 · CVE-2023-6541

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Allow SVG WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.2.0

Description: The issue concerns the failure to sanitize uploaded SVG files, which could allow users with a role as low as Author to upload a malicious SVG containing XSS payloads.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 1.2.0, update to version 1.2.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the ability to upload SVG files to higher roles until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-6541

Affected Products

Allow Svg

References · 5

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bbe866b8-7497-4e5c-8f59-bb8edac1dc71 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6541 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-6541 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/125430 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1923119263495397665 · Twitter Post