CVE-2023-5127

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WP Font Awesome plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.7.9

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcodes due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the icon user-supplied attribute. This allows 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.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 1.7.9, update to a version higher than 1.7.9 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the shortcode feature to minimize the risk of exploitation. Additionally, restrict the use of the icon attribute in shortcodes until a patch is available.