CVE-2023-0271

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WP Font Awesome WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.7.9

Description The issue arises from the plugin's failure to validate and escape certain shortcode attributes before outputting them in a page or post, potentially allowing users with the contributor role or higher to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Recommendations For WP Font Awesome WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.7.9, update to version 1.7.9 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of shortcodes by users with the contributor role and above until a patch is applied.