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CVE-2023-0271
Published: Feb 21, 2023
Modified: Mar 14, 2025
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Unknown | WP Font Awesome | affected 0 - < 1.7.9 |
References
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fd7aaf06-4be7-48d6-83a1-cd5cd6c3d9c2
exploit
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