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
- 10up Safe_svg
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)
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.