Font Awesome by Font Awesome

Font Awesome by Font Awesome <= 4.3.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via Shortcode

REPORT ID: 0b1fdc6d-e477-437b-b41a-ca82e72fdf39

The plugin contains a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability due to the plugin does not sanitize and escape some parameters, which makes it possible for authenticated users with a role as low as contributor to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages.

References

Source Code: https://wordpress.org/plugins/font-awesome/

CVE: CVE-2022-4478

Attributes

Catgory: WordPress Plugin

Vulnerability Discovered: 2022-12-11

Report Published: 2022-12-22

Affected Version: <= 4.3.1

Classification

Type: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Researcher

Name: István Márton

Email: [email protected]

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