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
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Pierre Rudloff
Submitter
Pierre Rudloff
Submitter website
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
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)