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 co

medium Affects rich-table-of-contents (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

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 co

Package
rich-table-of-contents (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<1.3.9
Fixed in
1.3.9
Severity
medium  CVSS 5.4
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (41.1th percentile)
Published
2023-02-13
Source
nvd

References

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