PT-2023-16129 · WordPress · Wp Font Awesome

Lana Codes · Published 2023-02-21 · Updated 2023-02-28 · CVE-2023-0271

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 WP Font Awesome WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.7.9

Description The issue arises from the plugin's failure to validate and escape certain shortcode attributes before outputting them in a page or post, potentially allowing users with the contributor role or higher to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Recommendations For WP Font Awesome WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.7.9, update to version 1.7.9 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of shortcodes by users with the contributor role and above until a patch is applied.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-0271

Affected Products

Wp Font Awesome

References · 5

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fd7aaf06-4be7-48d6-83a1-cd5cd6c3d9c2 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0271 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0271 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/44722 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/58574 · Telegram Post