WP Font Awesome < 1.7.9 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
CVE-2023-0271

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
WP Font Awesome
Vendor
CVE Published:
21 February 2023

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.

Affected Version(s)

WP Font Awesome 0 < 1.7.9

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fd7aaf06-4be7-48d6-83a1-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Lana Codes
WPScan
.