{"api_version":"1","generated_at":"2026-04-23T12:34:37+00:00","cve":"CVE-2023-5127","urls":{"html":"https://cve.report/CVE-2023-5127","api":"https://cve.report/api/cve/CVE-2023-5127.json","docs":"https://cve.report/api","cve_org":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5127","nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5127"},"summary":{"title":"WP Font Awesome <= 1.7.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode","description":"The WP Font Awesome plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcodes in versions up to, and including, 1.7.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on 'icon' user supplied attribute. 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.","state":"PUBLISHED","assigner":"Wordfence","published_at":"2023-10-25 18:17:42","updated_at":"2026-04-08 18:18:22"},"problem_types":["CWE-79","CWE-79 CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')"],"metrics":[{"version":"3.1","source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","score":"5.4","severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","data":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","baseScore":5.4,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","attackVector":"NETWORK","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"LOW","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","scope":"CHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"LOW","integrityImpact":"LOW","availabilityImpact":"NONE"}},{"version":"3.1","source":"security@wordfence.com","type":"Secondary","score":"6.4","severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","data":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","baseScore":6.4,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","attackVector":"NETWORK","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"LOW","userInteraction":"NONE","scope":"CHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"LOW","integrityImpact":"LOW","availabilityImpact":"NONE"}},{"version":"3.1","source":"CNA","type":"DECLARED","score":"6.4","severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","data":{"baseScore":6.4,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"}}],"references":[{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L83","name":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L83","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["Patch"],"title":"403 Forbidden","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"403","archivestatus":"404"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L70","name":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L70","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["Patch"],"title":"403 Forbidden","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"403","archivestatus":"404"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L53","name":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L53","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["Patch"],"title":"403 Forbidden","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"403","archivestatus":"404"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L68","name":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L68","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["Patch"],"title":"403 Forbidden","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"403","archivestatus":"404"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L99","name":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L99","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["Patch"],"title":"403 Forbidden","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"403","archivestatus":"404"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L101","name":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L101","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["Patch"],"title":"403 Forbidden","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"403","archivestatus":"404"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L55","name":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L55","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["Patch"],"title":"403 Forbidden","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"403","archivestatus":"404"},{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/59ee0b56-c11f-4951-aac0-8344200e4484?source=cve","name":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/59ee0b56-c11f-4951-aac0-8344200e4484?source=cve","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"title":"WP Font Awesome <= 1.7.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"404"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3111048%40wp-font-awesome&new=3111048%40wp-font-awesome&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=","name":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3111048%40wp-font-awesome&new=3111048%40wp-font-awesome&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=","refsource":"security@wordfence.com","tags":[],"title":"","mime":"","httpstatus":"","archivestatus":"0"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L85","name":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L85","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["Patch"],"title":"403 Forbidden","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"403","archivestatus":"404"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5127","name":"CVE Program record","refsource":"CVE.ORG","tags":["canonical"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5127","name":"NVD vulnerability detail","refsource":"NVD","tags":["canonical","analysis"]}],"affected":[{"source":"CNA","vendor":"zayedbaloch","product":"WP Font Awesome","version":"affected 1.7.9 semver","platforms":[]}],"timeline":[{"source":"CNA","time":"2023-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","lang":"en","value":"Discovered"},{"source":"CNA","time":"2023-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","lang":"en","value":"Vendor Notified"},{"source":"CNA","time":"2023-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","lang":"en","value":"Disclosed"}],"solutions":[],"workarounds":[],"exploits":[],"credits":[{"source":"CNA","value":"István Márton","lang":"en"}],"nvd_cpes":[{"cve_year":"2023","cve_id":"5127","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"1.7.9","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"wp_font_awesome_project","cpe5":"wp_font_awesome","cpe6":"*","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"wordpress","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"}],"vendor_comments":[],"enrichments":{"kev":null,"epss":null,"legacy_qids":[]},"source_records":{"cve_program":{"containers":{"adp":[{"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2024-08-02T07:44:54.000Z","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","shortName":"CVE"},"references":[{"tags":["x_transferred"],"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/59ee0b56-c11f-4951-aac0-8344200e4484?source=cve"},{"tags":["x_transferred"],"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L53"},{"tags":["x_transferred"],"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L55"},{"tags":["x_transferred"],"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L68"},{"tags":["x_transferred"],"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L70"},{"tags":["x_transferred"],"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L83"},{"tags":["x_transferred"],"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L85"},{"tags":["x_transferred"],"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L99"},{"tags":["x_transferred"],"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L101"}],"title":"CVE Program Container"},{"metrics":[{"other":{"content":{"id":"CVE-2023-5127","options":[{"Exploitation":"none"},{"Automatable":"no"},{"Technical Impact":"partial"}],"role":"CISA Coordinator","timestamp":"2025-02-05T18:21:49.743209Z","version":"2.0.3"},"type":"ssvc"}}],"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2025-02-05T18:59:01.858Z","orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","shortName":"CISA-ADP"},"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment"}],"cna":{"affected":[{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"WP Font Awesome","vendor":"zayedbaloch","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"1.7.9","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}],"credits":[{"lang":"en","type":"finder","value":"István Márton"}],"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"The WP Font Awesome plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcodes in versions up to, and including, 1.7.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on 'icon' user supplied attribute. 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."}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"baseScore":6.4,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"}}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-79","description":"CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2026-04-08T16:54:56.784Z","orgId":"b15e7b5b-3da4-40ae-a43c-f7aa60e62599","shortName":"Wordfence"},"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/59ee0b56-c11f-4951-aac0-8344200e4484?source=cve"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L53"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L55"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L68"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L70"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L83"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L85"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L99"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-font-awesome/trunk/wp-font-awesome.php?rev=2875119#L101"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3111048%40wp-font-awesome&new=3111048%40wp-font-awesome&sfp_email=&sfph_mail="}],"timeline":[{"lang":"en","time":"2023-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","value":"Discovered"},{"lang":"en","time":"2023-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","value":"Vendor Notified"},{"lang":"en","time":"2023-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","value":"Disclosed"}],"title":"WP Font Awesome <= 1.7.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode"}},"cveMetadata":{"assignerOrgId":"b15e7b5b-3da4-40ae-a43c-f7aa60e62599","assignerShortName":"Wordfence","cveId":"CVE-2023-5127","datePublished":"2023-10-24T13:52:58.747Z","dateReserved":"2023-09-22T15:44:06.480Z","dateUpdated":"2026-04-08T16:54:56.784Z","state":"PUBLISHED"},"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2"},"nvd":{"publishedDate":"2023-10-25 18:17:42","lastModifiedDate":"2026-04-08 18:18:22","problem_types":["CWE-79","CWE-79 CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')"],"metrics":{"cvssMetricV31":[{"source":"security@wordfence.com","type":"Secondary","cvssData":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","baseScore":6.4,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","attackVector":"NETWORK","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"LOW","userInteraction":"NONE","scope":"CHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"LOW","integrityImpact":"LOW","availabilityImpact":"NONE"},"exploitabilityScore":3.1,"impactScore":2.7},{"source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","cvssData":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","baseScore":5.4,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","attackVector":"NETWORK","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"LOW","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","scope":"CHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"LOW","integrityImpact":"LOW","availabilityImpact":"NONE"},"exploitabilityScore":2.3,"impactScore":2.7}]},"configurations":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:wp_font_awesome_project:wp_font_awesome:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*","versionEndIncluding":"1.7.9","matchCriteriaId":"B69DCA9F-2284-41E3-A945-0F09859766D9"}]}]}]},"legacy_mitre":{"record":{"CveYear":"2023","CveId":"5127","Ordinal":"1","Title":"WP Font Awesome <= 1.7.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored C","CVE":"CVE-2023-5127","Year":"2023"},"notes":[{"CveYear":"2023","CveId":"5127","Ordinal":"1","NoteData":"The WP Font Awesome plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcodes in versions up to, and including, 1.7.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on 'icon' user supplied attribute. 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.","Type":"Description","Title":"WP Font Awesome <= 1.7.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored C"}]}}}