CVE-2026-16559YMC Filter < 3.12.9 - Author+ Stored XSS via SVG Icon Upload
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The YMC Filter WordPress plugin before 3.12.9 does not sanitize SVG files uploaded through one of its icon upload features and permits their upload by low-privileged users, allowing users with the Author role and above to upload a file containing JavaScript that executes in the site's origin when the file is viewed.
- CVSS
- 6.8 MEDIUM (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- WPScan
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Aug 11, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Unknown YMC Filter unknown:ymc_filter (from the name) | before 3.12.9 | CNA record |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9b8d265a-542f-4e1b-966d-3fc3dbf7a800/exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry
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