CVE-2019-14216 — An issue was discovered in the svg-vector-icon-plugin (aka WP SVG Icons) plugin

An issue was discovered in the svg-vector-icon-plugin (aka WP SVG Icons) plugin through 3.2.1 for WordPress. wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-svg-icons-custom-set mishandles Custom Icon uploads. CSRF leads to upload of a ZIP archive containing a .php file.

01What is this vulnerability?

An issue was discovered in the svg-vector-icon-plugin (aka WP SVG Icons) plugin through 3.2.1 for WordPress. wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-svg-icons-custom-set mishandles Custom Icon uploads. CSRF leads to upload of a ZIP archive containing a .php file.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-08-14T20:03:03.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T00:12:42.853Z

09References

• zeroauth.ltd — https://zeroauth.ltd/blog/2019/08/09/cve-2019-14216-svg-vector-icon-plugin-wordp…
• wpvulndb.com — https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9510