7.5
HIGH
CVE-2019-18855
WordPress Safe SVG Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

A Denial Of Service vulnerability exists in the safe-svg (aka Safe SVG) plugin through 1.9.4 for WordPress, related to potentially unwanted elements or attributes.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 11, 2019, 3:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 24, 2023, 6:41 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-18855 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 10up safe_svg
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2019-18855.

URL Resource
https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-19-113 Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2185438 Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/safe-svg/#developers Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9937 Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-18855 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-18855 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-20 NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 12, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-19-113 No Types Assigned https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-19-113 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2185438 No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2185438 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://wordpress.org/plugins/safe-svg/#developers No Types Assigned https://wordpress.org/plugins/safe-svg/#developers Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9937 No Types Assigned https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9937 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-20
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:safe_svg_project:safe_svg:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (including) 1.9.4
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 11, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9937 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-18855 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-18855 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.22 }} -0.01%

score

0.59343

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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