CVE-2022-4551

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

CVSS v3 5.4 MEDIUM

5.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/91c00b17-00ba-4c3f-8587-d54449a02659	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/91c00b17-00ba-4c3f-8587-d54449a02659	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:croover:rich_table_of_contents:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 07:35

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/91c00b17-00ba-4c3f-8587-d54449a02659 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/91c00b17-00ba-4c3f-8587-d54449a02659 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

23 Feb 2023, 04:45

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-02-13 15:15

Updated : 2025-03-21 17:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-4551

Mitre link : CVE-2022-4551

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-4551

JSON object : View

Products Affected

croover

rich_table_of_contents

CWE

No CWE.

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5.4 /10