vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: safe-svg: CVE-2019-18854: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Nov 5, 2019 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 30, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Nov 5, 2019
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026
Description
A Denial Of Service vulnerability exists in the safe-svg (aka Safe SVG) plugin through 1.9.4 for WordPress, related to unlimited recursion for a 'less thanuse ... xlink:hrefequal to"#identifier"greater than' substring.
Solution
safe-svg-plugin-cve-2019-18854
References
Rapid7 Labs
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