CVE-2023-5127
WP Font Awesome <= 1.7.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.4 Medium
- Published
- Oct 24, 2023
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 22, 2023
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.4 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
WP Font Awesomezayedbaloch |
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References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/59ee0b56-c11f-4951-aac0-8344200e4484?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L53
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L55
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L68
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L70
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L83
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L85
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L99
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L101
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3111048%40wp-font-awesome&new=3111048%40wp-font-awesome&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
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