CVE-2026-49044: WordPress Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field plugin <= 5.0.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-05-27 · updated 2026-10-26
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Justin Kruit Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field allows Stored XSS. This issue affects Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field: from n/a through 5.0.2.

Affected products

Justin Kruit Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field: through 5.0.2

References

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/advanced-custom-fields-font-awesome/vulnerability/wordpress-advanced-custom-fields-font-awesome-field-plugin-5-0-2-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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