What is CVE-2024-9544?

CVE-2024-9544 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mapsvg, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2025-05-22.

How severe is CVE-2024-9544?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-9544 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Arbitrary file upload in Mapsvg

CVE-2024-9544

The MapSVG plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File uploads in all versions up to, and including, 8.6.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses the SVG file.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

EPSS: 0.002 (10.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Mapsvg — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-9544?: CVE-2024-9544 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mapsvg, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2025-05-22.
How severe is CVE-2024-9544?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-9544 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.