Rich Table of Contents: Cross-site scripting
Rich Table of Contents is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.
- Component
- Rich Table of Contents
- Plugin slug
rich-table-of-contents- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Feb 13, 2023
- Weakness
- Not assigned
This CVE was published Feb 13, 2023 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Rich Table of Contents to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Rich Table of Contents WordPress plugin before 1.3.9 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N