CVE-2022-4478

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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
5.4 MEDIUM
NETWORK
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
WPScanCNA
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CVEADP
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CISA-ADPADP
5.4 MEDIUM
NETWORK
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 31%
VendorProductVersion
fontawesomefont_awesome
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< 4.3.2
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= Vulnerable software versions
References
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4de75de5-e557-46df-9675-e3f0220f4003
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4de75de5-e557-46df-9675-e3f0220f4003