Medium severity · published May 27, 2026
CVE-2026-49044
WordPress Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field plugin <= 5.0.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
6.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 8% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AC
Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field · Justin Kruit
through 5.0.2 · source: vendor
Affected product
AC
Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field
Justin Kruit
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-49044
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-49044
patchstack.com
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
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