CVE-2023-49751 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-49751: WordPress Block for Font Awesome Plugin <= 1.4.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Vendor Ciprian Popescu

Product Block for Font Awesome

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published December 17, 2023

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

4.3/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Ciprian Popescu Block for Font Awesome.This issue affects Block for Font Awesome: from n/a through 1.4.0.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Block for Font Awesome versions up to 1.4.0 contain a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability. An attacker can craft a malicious link or page that, when visited by a logged-in site administrator, performs unwanted actions on the site without their knowledge. The vulnerability requires user interaction—the admin must click the link or visit the attacker's page.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unwanted actions on the site by tricking an admin into clicking a malicious link.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

An attacker can modify site settings or content if they trick an admin into clicking a malicious link.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Admin must be logged in and click a link or visit a page controlled by the attacker.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

December 17, 2023 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49751 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html AskarLabs — CWE-352 write-up Cross-Site Request Forgery

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2023-49751

CWE CWE-352

CVSS 4.3 / MEDIUM

Affected versions