Stored XSS via unescaped custom-location setting
Published Jan 16, 2024 · Updated Jun 20, 2025
Stored XSS in Font Awesome 4 Menus 4.7.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to inject scripts through plugin settings. The A custom location setting stores an attribute-breaking payload without sanitizing or escaping it, then renders it in a settings-page input. Administrator privileges are required, and a victim must revisit the page and interact with the crafted field to execute the script in the victim's browser.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in Font Awesome 4 Menus 4.7.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to inject scripts through plugin settings. The A custom location setting stores an attribute-breaking payload without sanitizing or escaping it, then renders it in a settings-page input. Administrator privileges are required, and a victim must revisit the page and interact with the crafted field to execute the script in the victim's browser.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-3829
- Published
- Jan 16, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 20, 2025
- Vendor
- New Nine Media
- Product
- Font Awesome 4 Menus
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 16, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 20, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=4.7.0
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Public exploit references
- WPScan custom-location stored XSS proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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