Font Awesome 4.0.0-rc15 and 4.0.0-rc16 — API Token Exposure
4783eff5-b7cf-4342-b762-85f745c38ec8Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤4.0.0-rc15Update to 4.0.0-rc17 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium6.5
- CVSS
- 6.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Font Awesome font-awesome
- Affected≤ 4.0.0-rc15
- Patched in4.0.0-rc17
Update to 4.0.0-rc17 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 4.0.0-rc15. Version 4.0.0-rc17 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Font Awesome.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 4.0.0-rc17, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Font Awesome to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence.
The Font Awesome plugin for WordPress versions 4.0.0-rc15 and 4.0.0-rc16 are vulnerable to API Token Exposure. The vulnerability exposes the Font Awesome API token and access token for users who have configured the plugin to use a kit. If compromised, these tokens could give an unauthorized person access to that user’s list of kits and kit settings.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Font Awesome
All 2| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode ≤4.3.1Update to 4.3.2 | CVE-2022-4478 |
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode
≤4.3.1Update to 4.3.2
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.