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.
CVE-2024-35705Block for Font Awesome <= 1.4.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
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Block for Font Awesome
Author
Ciprian Popescu
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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