Vulnerability · Published Feb 13, 2023 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2022-4551Rich Table of Contents < 1.3.9 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Rich Table of Contents from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 58.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Rich Table of Contents | 0 – before 1.3.9 |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/91c00b17-00ba-4c3f-8587-d54449a02659 exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description