CVE-2023-5233

MEDIUM 6.4

Font Awesome Integration <= 5.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

CVSS Score

6.4

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

The Font Awesome Integration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'fawesome' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 5.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CWE	CWE-79
Vendor	mcostales84
Product	font awesome integration
Published	Sep 28, 2023
Last Updated	Apr 8, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Affected Versions

mcostales84 / Font Awesome Integration

0 ≤ 5.0

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a2791f48-895f-4099-87ec-41aaac2494a2?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/font-awesome-integration/tags/5.0/font-awesome-integration.php#L48

Credits

István Márton