Easy Table of Contents <= 2.0.78 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Easy Table of Contents plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's `ez-toc` shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.78 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-13738
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vrhw-wccx-mc8w
References
Other 3
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7205c238-4419-4292-8f9c-4ccf5b69dd60?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-table-of-contents/tags/2.0.77/includes/class-eztoc-post.php#L1332
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3414473%40easy-table-of-contents&new=3414473%40easy-table-of-contents&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
More magazine3 vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-05177 Easy Table of Contents < 2.0.66 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
- TI-2024-07193 PWA For WP & AMP < 1.7.72 Administrator+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2021-03211 PWA for WP & AMP <= 1.7.32 - Arbitrary File Upload CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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- TI-2024-31636 WordPress PWA for WP & AMP plugin <= 1.7.72 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-31355 WordPress WP Multilang plugin <= 2.4.19 - Local File Inclusion Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2025-13738 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-13738 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vrhw-wccx-mc8w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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