Safe SVG <= 1.9.4 - Denial of Service

2019-11-05 00:00

Nguyen Thanh Nguyen

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.9.5

Affected PluginSafe SVG

Affected Version<= 1.9.4

CVSS6.5Medium

CVECVE-2019-18855

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Vulnerability Overview

A Denial Of Service vulnerability exists in the safe-svg (aka Safe SVG) plugin through 1.9.4 for WordPress, related to potentially unwanted elements or attributes.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.9.5, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption) The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-18855 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/01eef49c-79c1-40a0-9b4b-05a699d47a41

CVSS Vector

6.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

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