CVE-2026-49044 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Justin Kruit Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field allows Stored XSS. This issue affects Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field: from n/a through 5.0.2.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/advanced-custom-fields-font-awesome/vulnerability/wordpress-advanced-custom-fields-font-awesome-field-plugin-5-0-2-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Wed, 27 May 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 27 May 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Justin Kruit Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field allows Stored XSS. This issue affects Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field: from n/a through 5.0.2.
Title		WordPress Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field plugin <= 5.0.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Weaknesses		CWE-79
References		https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/advanced-custom-fields-font-awesome/vulnerability/wordpress-advanced-custom-fields-font-awesome-field-plugin-5-0-2-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2026-05-27T14:46:17.551Z

Updated: 2026-05-27T16:07:03.872Z

Reserved: 2026-05-27T08:41:55.487Z

Link: CVE-2026-49044

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-27T16:06:58.614Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-05-27T15:16:32.817

Modified: 2026-05-27T19:43:00.997

Link: CVE-2026-49044

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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