# CVE-2022-3137: TaskBuilder < 1.0.8 - Subscriber+ Stored XSS via SVG file upload

> Authenticated users can inject malicious scripts via SVG uploads in Taskbuilder, potentially compromising other users' sessions.

- **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:** 10 Oct 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mf4x-mpcx-4r8x

## What is CVE-2022-3137?

CVE-2022-3137 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Taskbuilder – WordPress Project & Task Management plugin, published on 10 Oct 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 Taskbuilder WordPress plugin before 1.0.8 does not validate and sanitise task's attachments, which could allow any authenticated user (such as subscriber) creating a task to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting by attaching a malicious SVG file

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3137?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Taskbuilder Taskbuilder.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-3137?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3137 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-3137 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3137 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Taskbuilder – WordPress Project & Task Management plugin

- [CVE-2025-22716](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22716/): WordPress Taskbuilder Plugin <= 3.0.6 - SQL Injection vulnerability (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2024-9831](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9831/): Taskbuilder < 3.0.9 - Admin+ SQL Injection (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2024-11930](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11930/): Cross-site scripting in Taskbuilder – Project Management & Task Management Tool With Kanban Board (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-9828](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9828/): Taskbuilder < 3.0.5 - Admin+ SQL Injection (medium 4.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-3137 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-3137 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Taskbuilder – WordPress Project & Task Management plugin, published on 10 Oct 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3137 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Taskbuilder – WordPress Project & Task Management plugin. 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-2022-3137/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3137/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3137
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3137
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3137

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3137/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.