Description

WordPress Plugin Font Awesome is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue to obtain sensitive information that may help in launching further attacks. WordPress Plugin Font Awesome versions 4.0.0-rc15 and 4.0.0-rc16 are vulnerable.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 4.0.0-rc17 or latest

References

https://blog.fontawesome.com/font-awesome-wordpress-plugin-api-token-vulnerability-fixed/

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/font-awesome/trunk/readme.txt

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OpenSSL Out-of-bounds Read Vulnerability (CVE-2022-4203)

MediaWiki Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Vulnerability (CVE-2013-1817)

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MySQL CVE-2018-3123 Vulnerability (CVE-2018-3123)

MySQL CVE-2018-3063 Vulnerability (CVE-2018-3063)

Severity

High

Classification

CWE-200 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Information Disclosure