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CVE-2023-22461 (GCVE-0-2023-22461)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-04 14:57 – Updated: 2025-03-10 21:33

Title

sanitize-svg Filter Bypass Allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Summary

The `sanitize-svg` package, a small SVG sanitizer to prevent cross-site scripting attacks, uses a deny-list-pattern to sanitize SVGs to prevent XSS. In doing so, literal `<script>`-tags and on-event handlers were detected in versions prior to 0.4.0. As a result, downstream software that relies on `sanitize-svg` and expects resulting SVGs to be safe, may be vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability was addressed in v0.4.0. There are no known workarounds

Severity

7.6 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-03-10 21:01 UTC

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-80 - Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/mattkrick/sanitize-svg/securit…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/mattkrick/sanitize-svg/commit/…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
mattkrick	sanitize-svg	Affected: < 0.4	guessed

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          "title": "sanitize-svg Filter Bypass Allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)"
        }
      },
      "cveMetadata": {
        "assignerOrgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa",
        "assignerShortName": "GitHub_M",
        "cveId": "CVE-2023-22461",
        "datePublished": "2023-01-04T14:57:04.902Z",
        "dateReserved": "2022-12-29T03:00:40.879Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2025-03-10T21:33:03.572Z",
        "state": "PUBLISHED"
      },
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      "dataVersion": "5.1"
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}

FKIE_CVE-2023-22461

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-01-04 15:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:35

Severity

7.6 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Summary

References

URL	Tags
security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/mattkrick/sanitize-svg/commit/b107e453ede7b58adcccae74a3e474c012eec85d	Patch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/mattkrick/sanitize-svg/security/advisories/GHSA-h857-2g56-468g	Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/mattkrick/sanitize-svg/commit/b107e453ede7b58adcccae74a3e474c012eec85d	Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/mattkrick/sanitize-svg/security/advisories/GHSA-h857-2g56-468g	Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	sanitize-svg_project	sanitize-svg	*

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  "affected": [
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      "affectedData": [
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          "product": "sanitize-svg",
          "vendor": "mattkrick",
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    }
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          "version": "2.0.3"
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GHSA-H857-2G56-468G

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-01-05 12:18 – Updated: 2023-01-05 12:18

Summary

@mattkrick/sanitize-svg vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Details

Impact

The sanitize-svg package uses a deny-list-pattern to sanitize SVGs to prevent cross-site scripting (XSS). In doing so, literal <script>-tags and on-event handlers were detected:

[...]
  const svgEl = div.firstElementChild!
  const attributes = Array.from(svgEl.attributes).map(({ name }) => name)
  const hasScriptAttr = !!attributes.find((attr) => attr.startsWith('on'))
  const scripts = svgEl.getElementsByTagName('script')
  return scripts.length === 0 && !hasScriptAttr ? svg : null
[...]

There are more ways to embed JavaScript in XML files.

Anchor Tag (requires user to click link):

<svg viewBox="0 0 100 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <a href="javascript:alert(document.domain)">
    <text x="50" y="50" text-anchor="middle">Lauritz</text>
  </a>
</svg>

Foreign Object Tag (no user interaction required):

<svg width="500" height="500" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
        <text x="20" y="35">Lauritz</text>
        <foreignObject width="500" height="500">
                <iframe xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" src="javascript:confirm(document.domain);" width="400" height="250"/>
        </foreignObject>
</svg>

As a result, downstream software that relies on sanitize-svg and expects resulting SVGs to be safe, may be vulnerable to XSS. We are aware of at least one downstream project for which this vulnerability had security implications.

Patches

This vulnerability was addressed in v0.4.0.

Workarounds

N/A

Severity

7.6 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

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    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\nThe *sanitize-svg* package uses a deny-list-pattern to sanitize SVGs to prevent cross-site scripting (XSS). In doing so, literal `\u003cscript\u003e`-tags and on-event handlers were detected:\n```typescript\n[...]\n  const svgEl = div.firstElementChild!\n  const attributes = Array.from(svgEl.attributes).map(({ name }) =\u003e name)\n  const hasScriptAttr = !!attributes.find((attr) =\u003e attr.startsWith(\u0027on\u0027))\n  const scripts = svgEl.getElementsByTagName(\u0027script\u0027)\n  return scripts.length === 0 \u0026\u0026 !hasScriptAttr ? svg : null\n[...]\n```\n\nThere are more ways to embed JavaScript in XML files.\n\n**Anchor Tag** (requires user to click link):\n```xml\n\u003csvg viewBox=\"0 0 100 100\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\"\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"javascript:alert(document.domain)\"\u003e\n    \u003ctext x=\"50\" y=\"50\" text-anchor=\"middle\"\u003eLauritz\u003c/text\u003e\n  \u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/svg\u003e\n```\n\n**Foreign Object Tag** (no user interaction required):\n```xml\n\u003csvg width=\"500\" height=\"500\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\"\u003e\n        \u003ctext x=\"20\" y=\"35\"\u003eLauritz\u003c/text\u003e\n        \u003cforeignObject width=\"500\" height=\"500\"\u003e\n                \u003ciframe xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\" src=\"javascript:confirm(document.domain);\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\"/\u003e\n        \u003c/foreignObject\u003e\n\u003c/svg\u003e\n```\n\nAs a result, downstream software that relies on `sanitize-svg` and expects resulting SVGs to be safe, may be vulnerable to XSS. We are aware of at least one downstream project for which this vulnerability had security implications. \n\n### Patches\nThis vulnerability was addressed in v0.4.0.\n\n### Workarounds\nN/A",
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  "modified": "2023-01-05T12:18:35Z",
  "published": "2023-01-05T12:18:35Z",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "@mattkrick/sanitize-svg vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)"
}

GSD-2023-22461

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:20

Details

Aliases

CVE-2023-22461

Aliases

CVE-2023-22461

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
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CVE-2023-22461 (GCVE-0-2023-22461)

FKIE_CVE-2023-22461

GHSA-H857-2G56-468G

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GSD-2023-22461

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