CVE-2024-47618: Sulu vulnerable to XSS via uploaded SVG

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-10-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Sulu is a PHP content management system. Sulu is vulnerable against XSS whereas a low privileged user with access to the “Media” section can upload an SVG file with a malicious payload. Once uploaded and accessed, the malicious javascript will be executed on the victims’ (other users including admins) browsers. This issue is fixed in 2.6.5.

Affected products

sulu: from 2.0.0 (excl.) before 2.6.5; 2.0.0, 2.0.0-rc1, 2.0.0-rc2, 2.0.0-rc3 — fixed in 2.6.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: sulu 2.6.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/sulu/sulu/commit/ca72f75eebe41ea7726624d8aea7da6c425f1eb9
https://github.com/sulu/sulu/security/advisories/GHSA-255w-87rh-rg44

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