CVE-2023-6541 describes an unsanitized SVG upload vulnerability in the Allow SVG WordPress plugin prior to version 1.2.0, affecting wphelpline allow_svg. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) allows authenticated users, even those with Author roles, to upload malicious SVG files containing Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) payloads. While the attack vector is network-based and low complexity, it requires user interaction and could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wphelpline:allow_svg:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.