CVE-2022-3829

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).

CVSS v3 4.8 MEDIUM

4.8^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.7 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/684941ad-541f-43f9-a7ef-d26c0f4e6e21/	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/684941ad-541f-43f9-a7ef-d26c0f4e6e21/	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:newnine:font_awesome_4_menus:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-01-16 16:15

Updated : 2025-06-20 17:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-3829

Mitre link : CVE-2022-3829

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-3829

JSON object : View

Products Affected

newnine

font_awesome_4_menus

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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