VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-4478

CVSS score5.4 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.48%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-01-16
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

The Font Awesome WordPress plugin before 4.3.2 does not validate and escapes some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as a contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against logged-in admins.

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