Block for Font Awesome

Block for Font Awesome has 2 disclosed vulnerabilities in the WordSec catalog, reported between 2023 and 2024; all 2 are fixed as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 5.3, and the most serious one scores 6.4 out of 10.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), behind 1 of the records (50%). Other recurring categories include Cross-Site Scripting.

Every one of the 2 issues recorded for Block for Font Awesome has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes all known holes.

2 independent researchers contributed these findings, one record each. Block for Font Awesome is installed on roughly 1,000 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium
5.3/ 10
Patch Coverage100%
Open

0

Fixed

2

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 6.4CVE-2024-35705

Block for Font Awesome <= 1.4.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Vulnerability Records

2 records
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Latestv1.7.9

Block for Font Awesome

Ciprian Popescu

Author

Ciprian Popescu

4.2(5)
84/100
Last Updated
2026-07-02 (2mo ago)
Active Installs
1,000+
Downloads
38,026
Requires WP
6.4+
Requires PHP
7.1+
Tested up to
WP 7.0.4
Created
2019-07-06 (7y ago)

This plugin allows you to display any Font Awesome 5, Font Awesome 6, Font Awesome 7 or Font Awesome kit icon as an editor block (Gutenberg) or a custom HTML block. You can also add the icon as HTML code or, inline, by using the [fa class="fas fa-fw fa-phone"] shortcode. Read more about the Block for Font Awesome plugin here.

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