CVE-2019-18854

Description

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.63%
Third-Party Advisory fortiguard.com Third-Party Advisory wordpress.org Third-Party Advisory wordpress.org Third-Party Advisory wpvulndb.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9937 third party advisory
https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-19-113 third party advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2185438 third party advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/safe-svg/#developers third party advisory release notes

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-18854?
CVE-2019-18854 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-18854?
To fix CVE-2019-18854, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-18854 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2019-18854 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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