CVE-2022-3829 Font Awesome 4 Menus <= 4.7.0 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Admin users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in the Font Awesome 4 Menus plugin, leading to stored XSS in multisite environments.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-3829?
CVE-2022-3829 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Font Awesome 4 Menus, published on 16 Jan 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Font Awesome 4 Menus WordPress plugin through 4.7.0 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3829?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Newnine Font Awesome 4 Menus.
How do I fix CVE-2022-3829?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3829 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2022-3829 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3829 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Font Awesome 4 Menus
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w28j-4ff9-m8cm.