PT-2023-31780 · WordPress · Wp Font Awesome

István Márton + 1 · Published 2023-10-24 · Updated 2023-11-01 · CVE-2023-5127

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WP Font Awesome plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.7.9

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcodes due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the icon user-supplied attribute. This allows 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.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 1.7.9, update to a version higher than 1.7.9 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the shortcode feature to minimize the risk of exploitation. Additionally, restrict the use of the icon attribute in shortcodes until a patch is available.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-5127

Affected Products

Wp Font Awesome

References · 14

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L85 · Patch
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L83 · Patch
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L68 · Patch
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L101 · Patch
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L70 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5127 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5127 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L55 · Patch
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L53 · Patch
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L99 · Patch
• 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= · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/60312 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/59ee0b56-c11f-4951-aac0-8344200e4484?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1716820467989061681 · Twitter Post