Site Favicon

Site Favicon has one disclosed vulnerability in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2024; it is fixed as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 4.4, and the most serious one scores 4.4 out of 10.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 1 of the records (100%).

The one issue recorded for Site Favicon has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes it.

All of these findings were reported by Cronus. Site Favicon is installed on roughly 5,000 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 6.8.8.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium

4.4/ 10

Patch Coverage100%

Open

Fixed

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 4.4CVE-2024-35642

Site Favicon <= 0.2 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Vulnerability Records

1 records


2024-05-30 00:00	Site Favicon <= 0.2 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Site Favicon <= 0.2	`CVE-2024-35642`	4.4 Medium	Cronus	Yes

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Latestv1.0

Site Favicon

Author

Web Guy

3.8(4)

76/100

Last Updated

2026-01-21 (8mo ago)

Active Installs

5,000+

Downloads

33,089

Requires WP

5.0+

Requires PHP

Tested up to

WP 6.8.8

Created

2021-08-11 (5y ago)

💬 Ask Question | 📧 Email Me Add a favicon. Set the favicon URL under Appearance > Customize > Site Identity > Site Favicon. This plugin is especially useful if you’d like to set a Site Icon, but also need to set a unique favicon separate from it.

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