CVE-2024-9125: king_IE <= 1.0 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File Upload

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-09-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The king_IE plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File uploads in all versions up to, and including, 1.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses the SVG file.

Affected products

mohsensd1373 king_IE: through 1.0

References

https://wordpress.org/plugins/king-ie/#developers
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/486f43cc-cc3f-4a63-b00f-86f29a391269?source=cve

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