Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator

Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator has 5 disclosed vulnerabilities in the WordSec catalog, reported between 2015 and 2026; all 5 are fixed as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 6.2, and the most serious one scores 7.2 out of 10. Severity breakdown: 0 critical and 2 high.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 4 of the records (80%). Other recurring categories include Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF).

Every one of the 5 issues recorded for Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes all known holes.

5 independent researchers contributed these findings, one record each. Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator is installed on roughly 200,000 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium
6.2/ 10
Patch Coverage100%
Open

0

Fixed

5

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 7.2CVE-2026-42754

Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator <= 1.3.46 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Vulnerability Records

5 records
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Latestv1.3.50

Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator

phbernard

Author

phbernard

4.9(801)
98/100
Last Updated
2026-07-29 (2mo ago)
Active Installs
200,000+
Downloads
5,713,318
Requires WP
3.5+
Requires PHP
0+
Tested up to
WP 7.1
Created
2014-05-05 (13y ago)

Generate and setup a favicon for desktop browsers, iPhone/iPad, Android devices, Windows 8 tablets and more. In a matter of seconds, design an icon that looks great on all major platforms. Favicon is not just a single favicon.ico file dropped in the middle of your site. Nowadays, with so many different platforms and devices, you need a bunch of pictures to get the job done. With RealFaviconGenerator, generate all the icons you need for desktop browsers, iPhone/iPad, Android devices, Windows 8 devices, and more. iOS devices use a high resolution Apple touch icon to illustrate bookmarks and home screen shortcuts. A first generation iPhone needs a 57&#215;57 picture, whereas a brand new iPad with Retina screen looks for a 152&#215;152 picture. Android Chrome also use these pictures if it finds them. Windows 8 takes another route with a dedicated set of icons and HTML declarations. Favicon is not only a matter of pictures with different resolutions. The various platforms coms with different UI guidelines. For example, the classic desktop favicons often use transparency. But iOS requires opaque icons. And Windows 8 has its own recommendations. Save hours of research and image edition with RealFaviconGenerator and its companion plugin. In a matter of seconds, you setup a favicon compatible with: Windows (IE, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari) Mac (Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Camino) iOS (Safari, Chrome, Coast) Android (Chrome, Firefox) Surface (IE) And more We take compatibility very seriously. See http://realfavicongenerator.net/favicon_compatibility for the full list. This plugin relies on RealFaviconGenerator when you create your favicon. Browse its terms of service and privacy policy for additional information. Localization English (en_EN) by Philippe Bernard French (fr_FR) by Philippe Bernard Swedish (sv_SE) by Linus Wileryd Brazilian Portuguese (pt_BR) by Marcelo Volgarini, Criação de Sites Dutch (nl_NL) by Axel Vanderhaeghen Danish (da_DK) by Alexander Leo-Hansen Czech (cs_CZ) by an anonymous translator Polish (pl_PL) by Maciej Gryniuk Russian (ru_RU) by Natasha Diatko, UStarCash Indonesian (id_ID) by Jordan Silaen

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