CVE-2019-18854

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Published Nov 11, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 2.6% KEV · Not listed

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 '<use ... xlink:href="#identifier">' substring.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:10up:safe_svg:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-8551	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 '<use ... xlink:href="#identifier">' substring.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.6% (2.605% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-19-113
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2185438
https://wordpress.org/plugins/safe-svg/#developers
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9937

History

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Subscriptions

10up Safe Svg

Weaknesses

CWE-674

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 2:02 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Nov 11, 2019, 2:36 PM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 2:02 AM
Reserved: Nov 11, 2019, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 2:25 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 11, 2019, 3:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 2:25 AM

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