CVE-2022-24278

Directory Traversal

7.5 HighFix available

The package convert-svg-core before 0.6.4 are vulnerable to Directory Traversal due to improper sanitization of SVG tags. Exploiting this vulnerability is possible by using a specially crafted SVG file.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

2.21%Up 1.3 points since Jun 11, 2022

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.5

Directory Traversal

Record: CVE-2022-24278
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2022-5936 7.5

Record: EUVD-2022-5936
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5f47-rcg5-9m24 7.5

Directory traversal in convert-svg-core

The package convert-svg-core before 0.6.4 is vulnerable to Directory Traversal due to improper sanitization of SVG tags. Exploiting this vulnerability is possible by using a specially crafted SVG file.

Record: GHSA-5f47-rcg5-9m24
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 7.5

Record: CVE-2022-24278
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 7.5

Directory Traversal

Record: CVE-2022-24278
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVGHSA-5f47-rcg5-9m24 7.5

Directory traversal in convert-svg-core

Record: GHSA-5f47-rcg5-9m24
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

convert-svg project convert-svg

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`convert-svg-core` npm	before 0.6.4	0.6.4

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases, published	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2022-24278 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Convert-svg Project Convert-svg, published June 10, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.21%, the 82nd percentile. Fixed in convert-svg-core 0.6.4.