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Allow SVG Files <= 1.0 — Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Upload

CVE-2022-1939Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: <1.1Update to 1.1 or newer

All remediation steps
Watch plugin
Severity
High7.2
CVSS
7.2
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:H Privileges required
High
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:H Confidentiality
High
I:H Integrity
High
A:H Availability
High
Weakness
CWE-434 Arbitrary File Upload
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
On this page8

Am I affected?

Allow svg files asf-allow-svg-files

  1. Affected< 1.1
  2. Patched in1.1

Update to 1.1 or newer.

You are affected if you run < 1.1. Version 1.1 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Allow svg files.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

  1. Update to version 1.1, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch Allow svg files to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Luan Pedersini.

The Allow svg files WordPress plugin before 1.1 does not properly validate uploaded files, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to upload PHP files even when they are not allowed to

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

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All 2
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SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
Medium6.4Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤1.1No patch available
CVE-2022-2299

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Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity high, CVSS 7.2

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
VulnCrest content
Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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