Gutenberg Plugin up to 13.7.3 on WordPress SVG Document cross site scripting

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Gutenberg Plugin up to 13.7.3 on WordPress. Affected is an unknown function of the component SVG Document Handler. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2022-33994. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Gutenberg Plugin up to 13.7.3 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). This affects some unknown functionality of the component SVG Document Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Gutenberg plugin through 13.7.3 for WordPress allows stored XSS by the Contributor role via an SVG document to the "Insert from URL" feature. NOTE: the XSS payload does not execute in the context of the WordPress instance's domain; however, analogous attempts by low-privileged users to reference SVG documents are blocked by some similar products, and this behavioral difference might have security relevance to some WordPress site administrators.

The weakness was disclosed 07/31/2022. It is possible to read the advisory at blog.jitendrapatro.me. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-33994 since 06/19/2022. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Gutenberg Plugin

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• 13.7.0
• 13.7.1
• 13.7.2
• 13.7.3

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