Better Font Awesome < 2.0.4 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Priority HIGH 65Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00762 55th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed Better Font Awesome (Unknown): 2.0.4
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Better Font Awesome | before 2.0.4 | 2.0.4 | Patch available | CNA |
- Better Font Awesome VendorUnknown Affected before 2.0.4 Fixed in 2.0.4 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:better_font_awesome_project:better_font_awesome:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 2.0.4 | Vulnerable | Better Font Awesome Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:better_font_awesome_project:better_font_awesome:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 2.0.4 Vulnerable ·Better Font Awesome Project
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Better Font Awesome (Unknown) Fixed in 2.0.4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-4512
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hvh3-v3c3-3rmj
References
More Better Font Awesome Project Better Font Awesome vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-17478 WordPress Better Font Awesome plugin <= 2.0.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2022-4512 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-4512 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hvh3-v3c3-3rmj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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