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2 vulnerabilities by wp_font_awesome_project
CVE-2023-5127 (GCVE-0-2023-5127)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-24 13:52 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:54
VLAI?
Title
WP Font Awesome <= 1.7.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
Summary
The WP Font Awesome plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcodes in versions up to, and including, 1.7.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on 'icon' user supplied attribute. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Severity ?
6.4 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| zayedbaloch | WP Font Awesome |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 1.7.9
(semver)
|
Credits
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CVE-2023-0271 (GCVE-0-2023-0271)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-21 08:50 – Updated: 2025-03-14 18:15
VLAI?
Title
WP Font Awesome < 1.7.9 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Summary
The WP Font Awesome WordPress plugin before 1.7.9 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embedded, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium)
Assigner
References
| URL | Tags | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | WP Font Awesome |
Affected:
0 , < 1.7.9
(custom)
|
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