CVE-2025-14120 URL Image Importer <= 1.0.7 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File Upload
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via SVG uploads in the URL Image Importer plugin, affecting WordPress sites.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-14120?
CVE-2025-14120 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in bww URL Image Importer, published on 6 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The URL Image Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File uploads in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.7 due to insufficient sanitization of SVG files. 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 the SVG file.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14120?
How do I fix CVE-2025-14120?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14120 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2025-14120 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14120 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g496-ghvr-j5ch.