Vulnerability CVE-2023-0271


Published: 2023-02-21

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.

Type:

CWE-79

(Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'))

 References:
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fd7aaf06-4be7-48d6-83a1-cd5cd6c3d9c2

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