SVG Support <= 2.5.7 - Authenticated (Author+) Cross-Site Scripting via SVG
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The SVG Support plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the SVG upload feature in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping, even when the 'Sanitize SVG while uploading' feature is enabled. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Note that successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires the administrator to allow author-level users to upload SVG files. As of 2.5.6, SVG sanitization can still be bypassed by supplying a content-type other than image/svg+xml.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-6708
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-75vg-qp5r-cq3v
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/72bcfd2a-6803-4073-8fa9-62bcf0a10571?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/svg-support/trunk/svg-support.php#L110
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/svg-support/trunk/functions/attachment.php#L235
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/svg-support/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3133760%40svg-support&new=3133760%40svg-support&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
More benbodhi vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-01621 SVG Support < 2.5 - Author+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2024-09478 SVG Support <= 2.5.10 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File Upload CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2022-03691 Cross-site scripting in benbodhi SVG Support CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2021-06968 SVG Support < 2.3.20 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2026-36229 WordPress SVG Support plugin <= 2.5.14 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2023-6708 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-6708 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-75vg-qp5r-cq3v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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