CVE-2022-4478
low-risk
Published 2023-01-16
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.
Do I need to act?
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0.20% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.4/10
Medium
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (1)
Font Awesome
Affected Vendors
27
/ 100
low-risk
Severity
21/34 · High
Exploitability
1/34 · Minimal
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal