01 Record
CVE-2023-40013
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in external-svg-loader
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score7.1 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
02 Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in external-svg-loader
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.55% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 46.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2023-08-14 20:10Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-10-02 20:35Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-08-08
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 02fde7d646eaa39bab3ebf703a470c0d43513419e9988912defb4c936e85afa5
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/shubhamjain/svg-loader/security/advisories/GHSA-xc2r-jf2x-gjr8
- github.comhttps://github.com/shubhamjain/svg-loader/commit/d3562fc08497aec5f33eb82017fa1417b3319e2c
- github.comhttps://github.com/shubhamjain/svg-loader/blob/main/svg-loader.js#L125-L128
- github.comhttps://github.com/shubhamjain/svg-loader/tree/main#2-enable-javascript