CVE-2023-40013CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in external-svg-loader

High · published August 14, 2023

CVSS v3.1
7.1
EPSS
1%
Percentile
45.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

SVG Loader is a javascript library that fetches SVGs using XMLHttpRequests and injects the SVG code in the tag's place. According to the docs, svg-loader will strip all JS code before injecting the SVG file for security reasons but the input sanitization logic is not sufficient and can be trivially bypassed. This allows an attacker to craft a malicious SVG which can result in Cross-site Scripting (XSS). When trying to sanitize the svg the lib removes event attributes such as `onmouseover`, `onclick` but the list of events is not exhaustive. Any website which uses external-svg-loader and allows its users to provide svg src, upload svg files would be susceptible to stored XSS attack. This issue has been addressed in commit `d3562fc08` which is included in releases from 1.6.9. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00558 · 45.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Published
2023-08-14T20:10Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 AUG 20:10Z
    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in external-svg-loader
    cvelistv5