CVE-2026-2496

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{"cve": {"id": "CVE-2026-2496", "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]", "published": "2026-03-21T04:17:05.193", "lastModified": "2026-04-22T21:32:08.360", "vulnStatus": "Deferred", "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "The Ed's Font Awesome plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's `eds_font_awesome` shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.0. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "El plugin Ed's Font Awesome para WordPress es vulnerable a cross-site scripting almacenado a través del shortcode 'eds_font_awesome' del plugin en todas las versiones hasta la 2.0, inclusive. Esto se debe a una sanitización de entrada insuficiente y un escape de salida insuficiente en los atributos proporcionados por el usuario. Esto hace posible que atacantes autenticados, con acceso de nivel de colaborador o superior, inyecten scripts web arbitrarios en páginas que se ejecutarán cada vez que un usuario acceda a una página inyectada."}], "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"source": "[email protected]", "type": "Secondary", "cvssData": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N", "baseScore": 6.4, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "userInteraction": "NONE", "scope": "CHANGED", "confidentialityImpact": "LOW", "integrityImpact": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "NONE"}, "exploitabilityScore": 3.1, "impactScore": 2.7}]}, "weaknesses": [{"source": "[email protected]", "type": "Secondary", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-79"}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/eds-font-awesome/tags/2.0/eds_font_awesome.php#L103", "source": "[email protected]"}, {"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/eds-font-awesome/trunk/eds_font_awesome.php#L103", "source": "[email protected]"}, {"url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/eds-font-awesome/", "source": "[email protected]"}, {"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/435e8ca8-cf00-4de9-a454-8cb09b7661ef?source=cve", "source": "[email protected]"}]}}