Michael Tran Table of Contents Plus Plugin up to 2408 on WordPress Setting cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Michael Tran Table of Contents Plus Plugin up to 2408 on WordPress. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Setting Handler. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-5578. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Michael Tran Table of Contents Plus Plugin up to 2408 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

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

The weakness was released by Dmitrii Ignatyev. The advisory is shared at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-5578 since 05/31/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Remote: Yes

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11/05/2024 +158 days 🔍
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03/01/2025 +116 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: Dmitrii Ignatyev
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-5578 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-5578
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-283081

Entryinfo

Created: 11/05/2024 08:03
Updated: 03/01/2025 16:48
Changes: 11/05/2024 08:03 (56), 03/01/2025 16:48 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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