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CVE-2025-9544:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The MapSVG plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-9544) that affects all versions up to and including 8.6.4. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on May 22, 2025, impacting WordPress installations using the MapSVG plugin (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the SVG file upload functionality. This security flaw allows authenticated users with Contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts through SVG file uploads. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N (NVD, Wordfence).
Impact
When exploited, the vulnerability allows injected malicious scripts to execute whenever a user accesses the compromised SVG file. This can lead to client-side attacks against site visitors and potential compromise of user data or session information (NVD).
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Source: This report was generated using AI
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