CVE-2024-4759: mime types extended vulnerability

The Mime Types Extended WordPress plugin through 0.11 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.
CVE-2024-4759CVSS 5.5CMS

CVE-2024-4759: mime types extended vulnerability

The Mime Types Extended WordPress plugin through 0.11 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.

CVSS
5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS
27.58%
Known exploited
not in KEV
Product
mime types extended

What is known

The Mime Types Extended WordPress plugin through 0.11 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.

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