cve/2022/CVE-2022-4551.md

### [CVE-2022-4551](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-4551)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=Rich%20Table%20of%20Contents&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=0%3C%201.3.9%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-79%20Cross-Site%20Scripting%20(XSS)&color=brighgreen)

### Description

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 could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

### POC

#### Reference
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/91c00b17-00ba-4c3f-8587-d54449a02659

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.