CVE-2026-6415 PUBLISHED

Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field <= 5.0.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via JSON Field

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 15.04.2026 Published: 15.05.2026 Updated: 15.05.2026

The Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to and including 5.0.2. This is due to insufficient input validation of JSON field values and unsafe client-side HTML construction in the update_preview() JavaScript function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 6.4

Product Status

Vendor justinkruit
Product Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 5.0.2 (incl.)

Credits

  • Nguyen Cong Quang finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') CWE