symfony/ux-icons: XSS via unsanitized SVG content in local files and Iconify on-demand responses
Description
Description
The ux_icon() Twig function is marked is_safe=['html'], so Twig never escapes its output. Icon::toHtml() inlines the SVG source verbatim into the page. Browsers execute ` elements and on*` event-handler attributes found inside inline SVG, making any unsanitized icon a vector for cross-site scripting.
Two code paths were affected. In the local file path, Icon::fromFile() only stripped ` elements that were direct children of , leaving nested scripts and all on* attributes untouched despite a code comment claiming broader protection. In the Iconify on-demand path (enabled by default), the remote JSON body field was wrapped into an Icon object with no sanitization at all. Concrete attack vectors include a malicious SVG icon pack from a third-party theme or downloaded icon set, or a controlled Iconify endpoint configured via iconify.endpoint` (including a poisoned cache).
Resolution
Introducing an IconFactory that centralizes sanitization across every icon source before an Icon object is created. The sanitizer removes script-capable elements (script, foreignObject, iframe, object, embed), SMIL animations targeting on*, href, or xlink:href attributes, CDATA sections, processing instructions, all on* attributes, and javascript:, vbscript:, and data:text/html URL schemes. `` elements are kept for theming but have any handlers stripped. Icons that contain none of these constructs are byte-for-byte identical after sanitization.
Credits
Symfony would like to thank Pascal Cescon for reporting the issue and Hugo Alliaume for providing the fix.
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Affected products
1- Range: >= 3.0.0, < 3.2.0
Patches
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Root cause
"The `ux_icon()` Twig function is marked `is_safe=['html']` so Twig never escapes its output, and `Icon::toHtml()` inlines SVG source verbatim into the page without sanitization."
Attack vector
An attacker can inject XSS payloads into inline SVG rendered by the `ux_icon()` Twig function because the output is marked `is_safe=['html']` and never escaped [ref_id=1]. Browsers execute `<script>` elements and `on*` event-handler attributes found inside inline SVG, making any unsanitized icon a vector for cross-site scripting [ref_id=1]. Concrete attack vectors include a malicious SVG icon pack from a third-party theme or downloaded icon set, or a controlled Iconify endpoint configured via `iconify.endpoint` (including a poisoned cache) [ref_id=1].
Affected code
The `ux_icon()` Twig function is marked `is_safe=['html']`, so Twig never escapes its output, and `Icon::toHtml()` inlines the SVG source verbatim into the page [ref_id=1]. Two code paths were affected: `Icon::fromFile()` only stripped `<script>` elements that were direct children of `<svg>`, leaving nested scripts and all `on*` attributes untouched; the Iconify on-demand path (enabled by default) performed no sanitization at all on the remote JSON `body` field [ref_id=1].
What the fix does
The patch introduces an `IconFactory` class that centralizes sanitization across every icon source before an `Icon` object is created [patch_id=6640821]. The sanitizer removes script-capable elements (`script`, `foreignObject`, `iframe`, `object`, `embed`), SMIL animations targeting `on*`, `href`, or `xlink:href` attributes, CDATA sections, processing instructions, all `on*` attributes, and `javascript:`, `vbscript:`, and `data:text/html` URL schemes [ref_id=1]. `<style>` elements are kept for theming but have any handlers stripped, and icons that contain none of these constructs are byte-for-byte identical after sanitization [ref_id=1].
Preconditions
- configThe application must use the `ux_icon()` Twig function to render SVG icons
- inputThe attacker must supply a malicious SVG file (via a third-party theme, downloaded icon set, or controlled Iconify endpoint)
- configThe Iconify on-demand path is enabled by default, so no special configuration is needed for that attack vector
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