CVE-2025-14983 (GCVE-0-2025-14983)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-19 04:36 – Updated: 2026-02-19 04:36
VLAI?
Title
Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome <= 5.0.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
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.
Severity ?
6.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mattkeys Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field Affected: * , ≤ 5.0.1 (semver)
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Credits
JongHwan Shin
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