# CVE-2023-6708: SVG Support <= 2.5.7 - Authenticated (Author+) Cross-Site Scripting via SVG

> Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via SVG uploads in the SVG Support WordPress plugin, affecting users who view the injected pages.

- **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:** 18 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-75vg-qp5r-cq3v

## What is CVE-2023-6708?

CVE-2023-6708 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in benbodhi SVG Support, published on 18 Jul 2024. 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 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the SVG upload feature in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping, even when the 'Sanitize SVG while uploading' feature is enabled. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Note that successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires the administrator to allow author-level users to upload SVG files. As of 2.5.6, SVG sanitization can still be bypassed by supplying a content-type other than image/svg+xml.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6708?


## How do I fix CVE-2023-6708?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6708 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-6708 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6708 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-6708 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-6708 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in benbodhi SVG Support, published on 18 Jul 2024. 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-2023-6708 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: benbodhi 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-2023-6708/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6708/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6708
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6708
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-6708

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6708/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.