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Table of Contents Plus vulnerabilities
Table of Contents Plus has 2 known vulnerabilities in this database. The most recent published record is dated 5 Nov 2024.
- Known vulnerabilities
- 2
- Active installs
- 200,000+
- Latest version
- 202609.1
- Last updated
- 17 Sep 2026
- Most recent
- 5 Nov 2024
Find it in your WordPress dashboard under Plugins. Severity is based on the CVSS score published with the CVE where one is available.
| Vulnerability | Severity | Affected | Fix | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2024-5578 | Medium 4.8 | Up to 2408 | Fixed in a later version (latest 202609.1) | 5 Nov 2024 |
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2022-4479 | Medium 5.4 | Before 2212 | Fixed in 2212 | 9 Jan 2023 |
Read the published descriptions
- CVE-2024-5578, 5 Nov 2024
- The Table of Contents Plus WordPress plugin through 2408 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as editors to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed CVE record
- CVE-2022-4479, 9 Jan 2023
- The Table of Contents Plus WordPress plugin before 2212 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admins. CVE record
What to do if you run Table of Contents Plus
If you run Table of Contents Plus, open WordPress and check the installed version in Plugins. Compare it with the affected versions in the vulnerability record. If a fixed version is available, take a current backup and update to that version or the latest supported release.
If no fixed version exists, consider disabling and removing the plugin or replacing it with a maintained alternative. After dealing with the affected software, check administrator users, unexpected file changes, redirects, unfamiliar pages and security logs for signs that the site may already have been altered.
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