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Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field

advanced-custom-fields-font-awesome
total installs
90,000
total vulns
2
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vulnerabilities (2)
Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field <= 5.0.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via JSON Field
medium ✓ patched
cvss score 6.4
cwe CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
published May 14, 2026
The Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to and including 5.0.2. This is due to insufficient input validation of JSON field values and unsafe client-side HTML construction in the update_preview() JavaScript function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome <= 5.0.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
medium ✓ patched
cvss score 6.4
cwe CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
published Feb 18, 2026
The Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible forauthenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in a victim's browser.