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Font Awesome Vulnerability History & Security Timeline

The Wordfence Intelligence dataset currently contains 2 vulnerability records associated with Font Awesome, published between 2020 and 2022.

Dataset last synchronized: 2026-08-03 00:31:25 UTC

At a glance

Security Snapshot

2Total records
0Critical
0High
2Medium
0Low
0Informational
2Patched records
0Currently marked unpatched
2020-03-11First disclosure
2022-12-22Latest disclosure
1 of 2CVE coverage

Year-by-Year Timeline

YearRecordsRelative volume
202011 records
202211 records

Severity Breakdown

SeverityRecordsShare
Medium2100%

Vulnerability-Type Breakdown

Information Disclosure

1 record50%

First: 2020. Latest: 2020.

Cross-Site Scripting

1 record50%

First: 2022. Latest: 2022.

Patch Status

Patched
2
Currently marked unpatched
0
Unknown status
0

Patch status reflects the latest successfully synchronized source dataset and must be checked against the installed version.

Latest Known Patched Versions

  • 4.3.2
  • 4.0.0-rc17

Affected-Version History

Ranges are deduplicated by source range record and shown with the associated disclosure and known patched versions.

Affected rangeVulnerabilityPublishedPatched versionSeverity
*-4.3.1Font Awesome <= 4.3.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcodeDecember 22, 20224.3.2Medium
4.0.0-rc16Font Awesome 4.0.0-rc15 and 4.0.0-rc16 - API Token ExposureMarch 11, 20204.0.0-rc17Medium
4.0.0-rc15Font Awesome 4.0.0-rc15 and 4.0.0-rc16 - API Token ExposureMarch 11, 20204.0.0-rc17Medium

Selected source records

Latest Records

MediumCVE-2022-4478

Font Awesome <= 4.3.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode

Published: December 22, 2022

Affected versions
*-4.3.1
Patched versions
4.3.2
Original Wordfence record
Medium

Font Awesome 4.0.0-rc15 and 4.0.0-rc16 - API Token Exposure

Published: March 11, 2020

Affected versions
4.0.0-rc15; 4.0.0-rc16
Patched versions
4.0.0-rc17
Original Wordfence record

Highest-Severity Records

Medium

Font Awesome 4.0.0-rc15 and 4.0.0-rc16 - API Token Exposure

Published: March 11, 2020

Affected versions
4.0.0-rc15; 4.0.0-rc16
Patched versions
4.0.0-rc17
Original Wordfence record
MediumCVE-2022-4478

Font Awesome <= 4.3.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode

Published: December 22, 2022

Affected versions
*-4.3.1
Patched versions
4.3.2
Original Wordfence record

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