CVE-2022-4478 Font Awesome < 4.3.2 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Contributors can inject malicious scripts via shortcode attributes, potentially compromising admin accounts in Font Awesome WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-4478?
CVE-2022-4478 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Font Awesome, published on 16 Jan 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Font Awesome WordPress plugin before 4.3.2 does not validate and escapes some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as a contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against logged-in admins.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4478?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Fontawesome Font Awesome.
How do I fix CVE-2022-4478?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4478 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-2022-4478 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-4478 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g5wv-c532-7f78.