Medium severity5.4NVD Advisory· Published Feb 21, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-0271
CVE-2023-0271
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.
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Affected products
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- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: <1.7.9
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- wpscan.com/vulnerability/fd7aaf06-4be7-48d6-83a1-cd5cd6c3d9c2nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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