CVE-2022-2299 | Allow SVG Files <= 1.1 - Author+ Stored Cross Site Scripting via SVG

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The Allow SVG Files WordPress plugin through 1.1 does not sanitise uploaded SVG files, which could allow users with a role as low as Author to upload a malicious SVG containing XSS payloads

Published: 2022-07-25 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-2299 is rated Exploit Available (50.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.18%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2022-2299

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-2299

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-07-27 0.27% 0.18% -0.09%
2 2025-07-26 0.08% 0.27% +0.19%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.08% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-2299

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.3 2.7 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-2299

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-2299

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
allow_svg_files_project allow_svg_files 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:allow_svg_files_project:allow_svg_files:1.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
allow_svg_files_project allow_svg_files 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:allow_svg_files_project:allow_svg_files:1.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2022-2299

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