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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Severity

High

Classification

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 CWE-200