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2 vulnerabilities found for Font Awesome by Unknown
CVE-2022-4478 (GCVE-0-2022-4478)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2023-01-16 15:37 – Updated: 2025-04-07 16:27
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Font Awesome < 4.3.2 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Summary
The Font Awesome WordPress plugin before 4.3.2 does not validate and escapes some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as a contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against logged-in admins.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4de75de5-e557-46… | exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Font Awesome |
Affected:
0 , < 4.3.2
(custom)
|
Credits
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CVE-2022-4478 (GCVE-0-2022-4478)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-16 15:37 – Updated: 2025-04-07 16:27
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Font Awesome < 4.3.2 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Summary
The Font Awesome WordPress plugin before 4.3.2 does not validate and escapes some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as a contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against logged-in admins.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4de75de5-e557-46… | exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Font Awesome |
Affected:
0 , < 4.3.2
(custom)
|
Credits
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