CVE-2025-12457
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-11-18
Last updated on: 2026-04-08
Assigner: Wordfence
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
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| wordpress | wordpress | * |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-79 | The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability exists in the Enable SVG, WebP, and ICO Upload plugin for WordPress, where insufficient input sanitization and output escaping allow authenticated users with Author-level access or higher to upload SVG files containing malicious scripts. These scripts are then stored and executed whenever any user accesses the infected SVG file, leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
An attacker with Author-level access or higher can inject malicious scripts via SVG file uploads, which will execute in the browsers of users who view the infected SVG files. This can lead to unauthorized actions, data theft, session hijacking, or other malicious activities within the affected WordPress site.