CVE-2023-0271 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00156.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Wp Font Awesome Project	Wp Font Awesome

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wp_font_awesome_project:wp_font_awesome:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12350	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

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

History

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-02-21T08:50:36.488Z

Updated: 2025-03-14T18:15:36.723Z

Reserved: 2023-01-13T08:58:27.335Z

Link: CVE-2023-0271

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:02:44.041Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-21T09:15:12.187

Modified: 2025-03-14T19:15:40.723

Link: CVE-2023-0271

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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