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CVE-2022-4479: Table of Contents Plus < 2212 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-01-09 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

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.

Affected products

• Table of Contents Plus: before 2212 — fixed in 2212

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Table of Contents Plus 2212. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10f63d30-1b36-459b-80eb-509caaf5d377
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10f63d30-1b36-459b-80eb-509caaf5d377

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