5.4
Medium
CVE-2023-0271 The WP Font Awesome WordPress plugin before 1.7.9 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before…
Description
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.
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| WP Font Awesome 1.7 | earliest → < 1.7.9 | 1.7.9 |