Scalable Vector Grief
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3 judges. Scored by all three judges. Only the day’s top stories get the claim check. How far stories are checked
A security researcher reports bypassing six of eight popular SVG sanitizer libraries, using techniques such as XHTML namespace switching, animated JavaScript URLs, XSLT stylesheets delivered via data URLs, a Link response header that triggers XSS in Firefox, and importing GIFs as SVG in Safari.
Why it ranked
No. 26 of 155 with a score of 0.66. The panel rated it highest on technical depth (0.94) and new information (0.92), lowest on audience breadth (0.46).
- AI judgeJudge 2claude-haiku-5-5
- Detailed, reproducible browser security research on SVG sanitizer bypasses with concrete payloads; strong technical depth and novelty, relevant mainly to security-minded builders, moderate significance and audience breadth.
- AI judgeJudge 3gpt-5.6-luna
- Detailed, reproducible security research demonstrates multiple SVG sanitizer and browser XSS bypasses with payloads, affected libraries, mitigations, and browser-specific behavior. It is highly actionable for applications accepting SVG uploads, though scope is specialized.
Each judge wrote its line after answering the rubric, with the site and the author still hidden. Every answer behind this is in the table under Score.
Score
0.66total under rubric v2.2
- Significance0.55
- Reader interest0.78
- Audience breadth0.46
- Practical relevance0.74
- Substantiated0.83
- Technical depth0.94
- New information0.92
- Counts against: Promotional0.04
- Counts against: Overclaim0.23
Each judge’s answer per question (0–1), their mean and spread, and what the question adds to the score (weight × mean).
| Question | Judge 1 | Judge 2 | Judge 3 | Mean | Spread | Weight | Contribution (weight times mean) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Significance | 0.53 | 0.40 | 0.72 | 0.55 | 0.32 | +0.24 | +0.132 |
| Reader interest | 0.63 | 0.80 | 0.90 | 0.78 | 0.27 | +0.26 | +0.202 |
| Audience breadth | 0.51 | 0.40 | 0.48 | 0.46 | 0.11 | +0.13 | +0.060 |
| Practical relevance | 0.75 | 0.65 | 0.82 | 0.74 | 0.17 | +0.22 | +0.163 |
| Substantiated | 0.84 | 0.80 | 0.86 | 0.83 | 0.06 | +0.05 | +0.042 |
| Technical depth | 0.99 | 0.90 | 0.94 | 0.94 | 0.10 | +0.05 | +0.047 |
| New information | 0.90 | 0.90 | 0.95 | 0.92 | 0.05 | +0.05 | +0.046 |
| Promotional | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.03 | −0.19 | −0.007 |
| Overclaim | 0.38 | 0.20 | 0.12 | 0.23 | 0.26 | −0.11 | −0.026 |
| Sum of contributions | +0.659 | ||||||
| Claim-check penalty | 0.000 | ||||||
| Total, as published | 0.659 | ||||||
Spread is the highest minus the lowest judge answer. marks a spread above 0.40: the judges disagree, and the story is marked contested.
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