CVE-2026-49044 — Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field [advanced-custom-fields-font-awesome] < 6.0.0

CVE	Vulnerability	Type	Severity	Affected	Fixed in	Published	Status
CVE-2026-49044	Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field [advanced-custom-fields-font-awesome] < 6.0.0	Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')	Medium 6.5	< 6.0.0	6.0.0	2026-05-27	—

CVE-2026-49044

The Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 5.0.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.

Source: Wordfence

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