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Medium · 6.4 CVE-2023-5127 EUVD-2023-57465GHSA-r792-cfpj-7mcg

WP Font Awesome <= 1.7.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

Published Oct 24, 2023 · Updated Apr 8, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
zayedbaloch WP Font Awesome ≤ 1.7.9 —

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