CVE-2023-5127 | BDVDB-2026-214867 Detail
zayedbalochWP Font Awesome
Description#
The WP Font Awesome plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcodes in versions up to, and including, 1.7.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on 'icon' user supplied attribute. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Impact#
Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact low, integrity impact low, availability impact none. Attack vector: network.
Weaknesses#
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
References#
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/59ee0b56-c11f-4951-aac0-8344200e4484?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L53
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L55
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L68
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L70
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L83
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L85
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L99
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L101
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3111048%40wp-font-awesome&new=3111048%40wp-font-awesome&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.