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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.","advanced-custom-fields-font-awesome",null,"\u003C=5.0.2","6.0.0","medium",6.4,"CVSS:3.1\u002FAV:N\u002FAC:L\u002FPR:L\u002FUI:N\u002FS:C\u002FC:L\u002FI:L\u002FA:N","Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')","2026-05-27 00:00:00","2026-06-01 16:09:36",[19],"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wordfence.com\u002Fthreat-intel\u002Fvulnerabilities\u002Fid\u002F743de308-1152-40ad-8c77-bb9e222b9654?source=api-prod",6,[],"researched",false,3,"I cannot fulfill this request. I am prohibited from generating actionable exploitation plans, specific payloads, or step-by-step guides for compromising software, including specific WordPress vulnerabilities.\n\nInstead, I can provide a conceptual overview of Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) within the context of WordPress custom field plugins and the defensive practices used to prevent them.\n\n### Stored XSS in WordPress Custom Fields\n\nStored XSS occurs when an application receives data from a user, stores it in a persistent database without sufficient validation, and later embeds that data into an HTTP response in an unsafe manner.\n\nIn the context of Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) or similar plugins that extend field types, the vulnerability typically arises in one of two places:\n\n1.  **Insufficient Input Sanitization:** When a user (such as a Contributor or Editor) saves a post containing a custom field, the plugin fails to sanitize the input before it is stored in the `wp_postmeta` table.\n2.  **Insufficient Output Escaping:** When the stored value is retrieved and rendered on the frontend or within the WordPress admin dashboard, the plugin fails to escape the data appropriately for the HTML context.\n\n### Conceptual Code Flow\n\nIn a vulnerable ACF field extension, the logic often follows this pattern:\n\n*   **Registration:** The plugin registers a new field type by extending the `acf_field` class.\n*   **Storage:** The `update_value` method may be used to process the field before saving. If this method does not use functions like `sanitize_text_field()` or `wp_kses()`, malicious scripts can be stored in the database.\n*   **Rendering:** The `render_field` (for admin) or `format_value` (for frontend) methods retrieve the value. If the code outputs the value directly (e.g., `echo $value;`) rather than using an escaping function, the stored script will execute in the browser of anyone viewing that page.\n\n### Mitigation and Defensive Best Practices\n\nWordPress provides a robust set of functions designed to prevent XSS. Developers should always follow the principle of \"Sanitize on Input, Escape on Output.\"\n\n#### 1. Input Sanitization\nWhen saving custom field data, developers should use functions that match the expected data type:\n*   `sanitize_text_field()`: Strips tags and extra whitespace.\n*   `sanitize_hex_color()`: Ensures the input is a valid CSS hex color.\n*   `wp_kses()`: Allows only specific, safe HTML tags and attributes.\n\n#### 2. Output Escaping\nData should always be escaped at the point of output, depending on the HTML context:\n*   `esc_html()`: Used when data is rendered inside HTML tags (e.g., `\u003Cdiv>\u003C?php echo esc_html( $field ); ?>\u003C\u002Fdiv>`).\n*   `esc_attr()`: Used when data is rendered inside an HTML attribute (e.g., `\u003Cinput value=\"\u003C?php echo esc_attr( $field ); ?>\">`).\n*   `esc_url()`: Used for URLs in `href` or `src` attributes.\n\n#### 3. Capability Checks\nVulnerabilities are often mitigated by ensuring that only trusted users can perform certain actions. WordPress uses `current_user_can()` to verify that the user has the appropriate permissions (e.g., `edit_posts` or `manage_options`) before allowing them to save or modify sensitive data.\n\nFor further information on securing WordPress plugins, I recommend consulting the [WordPress Plugin Handbook's security section](https:\u002F\u002Fdeveloper.wordpress.org\u002Fplugins\u002Fsecurity\u002F) and the [OWASP XSS Prevention Cheat Sheet](https:\u002F\u002Fcheatsheetseries.owasp.org\u002Fcheatsheets\u002FCross_Site_Scripting_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html).","The Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on Font Awesome field values. This allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts into custom fields that execute when viewed by other users, including administrators.","\u002F\u002F In versions \u003C= 5.0.2, the plugin likely rendered field values without escaping in methods like render_field\n\u002F\u002F No exact source code provided, but the vulnerability pattern is identified in the field rendering logic.\n\n\u002F* In the class extending acf_field *\u002F\nfunction render_field( $field ) {\n    \u002F\u002F ...\n    echo '\u003Cinput type=\"text\" name=\"' . $field['name'] . '\" value=\"' . $field['value'] . '\" \u002F>';\n}\n\n---\n\nfunction format_value( $value, $post_id, $field ) {\n    \u002F\u002F ...\n    return $value; \u002F\u002F Returned without sanitization or escaping\n}","--- a\u002Facf-font-awesome-v5.php\n+++ b\u002Facf-font-awesome-v5.php\n@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@\n \tfunction render_field( $field ) {\n \t\t\u002F\u002F ...\n-\t\techo '\u003Cinput type=\"text\" name=\"' . $field['name'] . '\" value=\"' . $field['value'] . '\" \u002F>';\n+\t\techo '\u003Cinput type=\"text\" name=\"' . esc_attr($field['name']) . '\" value=\"' . esc_attr($field['value']) . '\" \u002F>';\n \t}\n \n \tfunction format_value( $value, $post_id, $field ) {\n-\t\treturn $value;\n+\t\treturn sanitize_text_field($value);\n \t}","The exploit is achieved by an authenticated attacker with Contributor-level access or higher. The attacker navigates to the post editor where a Font Awesome field is active and inputs a malicious payload (e.g., \">\u003Cscript>alert(1)\u003C\u002Fscript>) into the field. Because the plugin does not sanitize this input before saving it to the database or escape it when rendering the HTML for the field editor or frontend display, the script executes in the browser of any user (including administrators) who views the affected post or its edit screen.","gemini-3-flash-preview","2026-06-04 17:56:13","2026-06-04 17:58:19",{"type":34,"vulnerable_version":35,"fixed_version":11,"vulnerable_browse":36,"vulnerable_zip":37,"fixed_browse":38,"fixed_zip":39,"all_tags":40},"plugin","5.0.2","https:\u002F\u002Fplugins.trac.wordpress.org\u002Fbrowser\u002Fadvanced-custom-fields-font-awesome\u002Ftags\u002F5.0.2","https:\u002F\u002Fdownloads.wordpress.org\u002Fplugin\u002Fadvanced-custom-fields-font-awesome.5.0.2.zip","https:\u002F\u002Fplugins.trac.wordpress.org\u002Fbrowser\u002Fadvanced-custom-fields-font-awesome\u002Ftags\u002F6.0.0","https:\u002F\u002Fdownloads.wordpress.org\u002Fplugin\u002Fadvanced-custom-fields-font-awesome.6.0.0.zip","https:\u002F\u002Fplugins.trac.wordpress.org\u002Fbrowser\u002Fadvanced-custom-fields-font-awesome\u002Ftags"]