cve/2019/CVE-2019-18854.md

### [CVE-2019-18854](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-18854)
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### Description

A Denial Of Service vulnerability exists in the safe-svg (aka Safe SVG) plugin through 1.9.4 for WordPress, related to unlimited recursion for a '<use ... xlink:href="#identifier">' substring.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-19-113
- https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-19-113
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/safe-svg/#developers
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/safe-svg/#developers
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9937
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9937

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.