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CVE-2022-4478

MEDIUM 5.4 CVSS 3.1
Published
January 16, 2023
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
contact@wpscan.com
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

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.

Affected WordPress components

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • Unknown Font Awesome — Before 4.3.2
  • fontawesome font_awesome — Before 4.3.2

References

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4de75de5-e557-46df-9675-e3f0220f4003 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record