WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Enable SVG, WebP, and ICO Upload < 1.1.6 - Author+ Stored XSS via SMIL Animation Bypass

Description

The plugin does not prevent animation elements in uploaded SVG files from changing a link's target to a javascript: URI, which could allow users with the author role and above to bypass its SVG sanitization and perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks that execute in WebKit-based browsers such as Safari.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Pierre Rudloff
Submitter
Pierre Rudloff
Submitter website
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-10-27 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-10-27 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-10-27 (about 1 day ago)

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