PT-2023-14553 · WordPress · Font Awesome Wordpress Plugin

Lana Codes · Published 2023-01-16 · Updated 2025-04-07 · CVE-2022-4478

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Font Awesome WordPress plugin versions prior to 4.3.2

Description The issue concerns the Font Awesome WordPress plugin, which does not properly validate and escape certain shortcode attributes before outputting them. This could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against logged-in admins.

Recommendations For Font Awesome WordPress plugin versions prior to 4.3.2, update to version 4.3.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of shortcode attributes to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-4478

Affected Products

Font Awesome Wordpress Plugin

References · 5

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4de75de5-e557-46df-9675-e3f0220f4003 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-4478 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4478 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/118045 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/56540 · Telegram Post