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Vulnerability · CVE-2023-6541

The Allow SVG WordPress plugin before 1.2.0 does not sanitize uploaded SVG files, which could allow users with a role as low as Author to upload a malicious SVG containing XSS payl

Published May 15, 2025 · catalog updated May 16, 2025 · Unknown Allow SVG

Check this week

CVE-2023-6541 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 39.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Unknown Allow SVG.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium6.1
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
39.00%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Unknown Allow SVG 0 <1.2.0

The Allow SVG WordPress plugin before 1.2.0 does not sanitize uploaded SVG files, which could allow users with a role as low as Author to upload a malicious SVG containing XSS payloads.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Unknown Allow SVG 0 <1.2.00 <1.2.0

How to fix CVE-2023-6541

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2023-6541 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 39.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Unknown Allow SVG.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Unknown Allow SVG 0 <1.2.0 0 <1.2.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 39.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 15, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    The Allow SVG WordPress plugin before 1.2.0 does not sanitize uploaded SVG files, which could allow users with a role as low as Author to upload a malicious SVG containing XSS payloads.

  2. May 16, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    The Allow SVG WordPress plugin before 1.2.0 does not sanitize uploaded SVG files, which could allow users with a role as low as Author to upload a malicious SVG containing XSS payloads.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2023-6541

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2023-58772

    The Allow SVG WordPress plugin before 1.2.0 does not sanitize uploaded SVG files, which could allow users with a role as low as Author to upload a malicious SVG containing XSS payloads.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.