Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published Nov 16, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-4022
CVE-2022-4022
Description
The SVG Support plugin for WordPress defaults to insecure settings in version 2.5 and 2.5.1. SVG files containing malicious javascript are not sanitized. While version 2.5 adds the ability to sanitize image as they are uploaded, the plugin defaults to disable sanitization and does not restrict SVG upload to only administrators. This allows authenticated attackers, with author-level privileges and higher, to upload malicious SVG files that can be embedded in posts and pages by higher privileged users. Additionally, the embedded JavaScript is also triggered on visiting the image URL, which allows an attacker to execute malicious code in browsers visiting that URL.
Affected products
2- benbodhi/SVG Supportv5Range: 2.5
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/nvdThird Party Advisory
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