Description
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.
Published: 2023-02-21
Score: 5.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-12350 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.
History

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Subscriptions

Wp Font Awesome Project Wp Font Awesome
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2025-03-14T18:15:36.723Z

Reserved: 2023-01-13T08:58:27.335Z

Link: CVE-2023-0271

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:02:44.041Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-21T09:15:12.187

Modified: 2025-03-14T19:15:40.723

Link: CVE-2023-0271

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.