WordPress plugin vulnerabilities
Font Awesome vulnerabilities
Known security issues in the Font Awesome WordPress plugin, by affected version, with severity, CVE and the version that fixes each one.
- Plugin slug
- font-awesome
- Latest version
- 5.2.1
- Active installs
- 400,000+
- Known vulnerabilities
- 4
- Data updated
- 2026-10-18 08:26 UTC
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Fixed in version 4.3.2 (1)
| Vulnerability | Severity | CVSS | Affected versions | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WordPress Font Awesome Plugin < 4.3.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) CVE-2022-4478 · Source | Medium | 5.4 | < 4.3.2 | 2022-12-22 |
Affects version 4.0.0-RC16 and earlier (1)
The source does not state the fixed version; versions after this one are not listed as affected.
| Vulnerability | Severity | CVSS | Affected versions | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WordPress Font Awesome plugin 4.0.0-RC15 - 4.0.0-RC16 - Sensitive Information Disclosure vulnerability No CVE assigned · Source | Not rated | - | >= 4.0.0-RC15 and <= 4.0.0-RC16 | 2020-03-11 |
Affects version 4.0.0-rc16 and earlier (2)
The source does not state the fixed version; versions after this one are not listed as affected.
| Vulnerability | Severity | CVSS | Affected versions | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Font Awesome 4.0.0-rc15 and 4.0.0-rc16 - API Token Exposure No CVE assigned · Source | Not rated | - | >= 4.0.0-rc15 and <= 4.0.0-rc16 | 2020-03-11 |
| Font Awesome 4.0.0-RC15 & RC16 - API Token & Access Token Disclosure No CVE assigned · Source | Not rated | - | >= 4.0.0-rc15 and <= 4.0.0-rc16 | - |
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