Vulnerability in 10up Safe Svg

CVE-2019-18854

A Denial Of Service vulnerability exists in the safe-svg (aka Safe SVG) plugin through 1.9.4 for WordPress, related to unlimited recursion for a '<use ... xlink:href="#identifier">' substring.

EPSS: 0.026 (83.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-18854?
CVE-2019-18854 is a high-severity vulnerability in 10up Safe Svg, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-11-11.
How severe is CVE-2019-18854?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-18854 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.