URL Image Importer <= 1.0.7 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File Upload
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.0.8
- Affected Version
<= 1.0.7- CVSS
- 6.4Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
- CVE
CVE-2025-14120
At a glance
CVE-2025-14120 is a medium-severity Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in the URL Image Importer WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.0.7. It carries a CVSS score of 6.4 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Author level or above. The issue is fixed in version 1.0.8; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed January 2026, reported by bxdman.
Vulnerability Overview
The URL Image Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File uploads in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.7 due to insufficient sanitization of SVG files. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses the SVG file.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user.
CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Reaching this weakness in URL Image Importer <= 1.0.7 takes an account at Author level or above. Cross-site scripting happens when input from a request is written into a page without being escaped for the context it lands in, so the browser parses attacker-supplied text as markup or script.
Injected script runs with the privileges of whoever views the affected page, which is how these flaws turn into administrator session theft, silent account creation or persistent backdoors in page content. For URL Image Importer the fix is 1.0.8: builds <= 1.0.7 are affected, anything from 1.0.8 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.0.8, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
An attacker needs Author access first, so the firewall sees the attempt as traffic from a logged-in account: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: URL Image Importer 1.0.8 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Firewall
- Alerts
External References
Related records
Other vulnerabilities in URL Image Importer – Import External Images to the Media Library from URL, CSV & XML
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