# CVE-2022-1755: SVG Support < 2.5 - Author+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

> Authors can execute arbitrary JavaScript via malicious SVG URLs in the SVG Support WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Sep 2022
- **Updated:** 21 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vwr7-qp65-68hx

## What is CVE-2022-1755?

CVE-2022-1755 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown SVG Support, published on 26 Sep 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The SVG Support WordPress plugin before 2.5 does not properly handle SVG added via an URL, which could allow users with a role as low as author to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1755?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Benbodhi Svg Support.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-1755?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1755 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-1755 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-1755 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown SVG Support

- [CVE-2024-10222](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10222/): SVG Support <= 2.5.10 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File Upload (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2022-4022](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4022/): Cross-site scripting in SVG Support (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2021-24686](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24686/): SVG Support < 2.3.20 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-1755 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-1755 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown SVG Support, published on 26 Sep 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-1755 exists.

Affected product: Unknown SVG Support. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1755/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1755/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1755
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1755
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-1755

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1755/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.