CVE-2022-1755 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The SVG Support WordPress plugin before 2.5 does not properly handle SVG added via an URL, which could allow users with a role as low as author to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Published: 2022-09-26

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

SVG Support

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2.5`	affected	< 2.5

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:benbodhi:svg_support:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-25036	The SVG Support WordPress plugin before 2.5 does not properly handle SVG added via an URL, which could allow users with a role as low as author to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00209.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/62b2548e-6b59-48b8-b1c2-9bd47e634982

History

Wed, 21 May 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Benbodhi Svg Support

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-09-26T12:35:31.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-21T19:21:54.712Z

Reserved: 2022-05-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-1755

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T00:16:59.865Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-26T13:15:10.253

Modified: 2025-05-21T20:15:26.360

Link: CVE-2022-1755

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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