Vulnerability in Wp Font Awesome Project
CVE-2023-0271
The WP Font Awesome WordPress plugin before 1.7.9 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embedded, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
EPSS: 0.005 (38.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Wp_font_awesome_project Wp_font_awesome
- Unknown Wp Font Awesome — versions 0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-0271?
- CVE-2023-0271 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wp Font Awesome Project, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-02-21.
- How severe is CVE-2023-0271?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-0271 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.