CVE-2022-4478 (GCVE-0-2022-4478)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-16 15:37 – Updated: 2025-04-07 16:27
VLAI?
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)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4de75de5-e557-46… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Font Awesome Affected: 0 , < 4.3.2 (custom)
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Credits
Lana Codes WPScan
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