WP Vulnerability WatchVulnerability data as of September 7, 2026

Known vulnerabilities in WP Font Awesome

This plugin allows you to easily embed Font Awesome icon to your site with simple shortcodes.

2Reported vulnerabilities
5.4Highest CVSS score
1.8.0Latest version
10,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update WP Font Awesome to 1.8.0 or later. 2 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: July 9, 2024 / Tested up to WordPress: 6.6.7 / View on wordpress.org

This plugin has not been updated in over two years. New vulnerabilities may never be fixed. Consider an alternative.

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVESeverityExploit probability
next 30 days		 Affected versionsFixed inPublished
CVE-2023-0271 Medium 5.4 0.5% Before 1.7.9 1.7.9 February 21, 2023
CVE-2023-5127 Medium 5.4 0.6% 1.7.9 and earlier 1.8.0 October 25, 2023

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.