CVE-2022-4512: Better Font Awesome < 2.0.4 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-02-13 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The Better Font Awesome WordPress plugin before 2.0.4 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Affected products

Mickey Kay Better Font Awesome (WordPress plugin): before 2.0.4 — fixed in 2.0.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mickey Kay Better Font Awesome (WordPress plugin) 2.0.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7957f355-c767-4f59-bb28-0302d33386a6
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7957f355-c767-4f59-bb28-0302d33386a6

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