Plugins · easy-table-of-contents · data as of 2026-11-01
Is Easy Table of Contents safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 2.0.89
- Last updated
- 2026-10-16
- Active installs
- 600,000+
- Known issues on record
- 6
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.1.4 · PHP 5.6.20+
Adds a user friendly and fully automatic way to create and display a table of contents generated from the page content. — by Magazine3
What to do
- Update to the latest version (2.0.89). Anything older than 2.0.81 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.
With WP-CLI: wp plugin get easy-table-of-contents --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update easy-table-of-contents updates it.
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Known vulnerabilities
6 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
medium 4.3 CVE-2026-32343 · published 2026-03-13
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Easy Table of Contents (2.0.80 and older)
- Affected
- 2.0.80 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.0.81
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Magazine3 Easy Table of Contents easy-table-of-contents allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Easy Table of Contents: from n/a through <= 2.0.80.
medium 6.4 CVE-2025-13738 · published 2026-02-19
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Easy Table of Contents (2.0.78 and older)
- Affected
- 2.0.78 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.0.79 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
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.
NVD CVE-2025-13738Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)Plugin source
medium 5.4 CVE-2023-25469 · published 2024-12-09
Missing authorization check in Easy Table of Contents (2.0.45.2 and older)
- Affected
- 2.0.45.2 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.0.46
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Magazine3 Easy Table of Contents allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Easy Table of Contents: from n/a through 2.0.45.2.
medium 6.1 CVE-2024-7082 · published 2024-08-06
Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Easy Table of Contents (older than 2.0.68)
- Affected
- older than 2.0.68
- Fixed in
- 2.0.68
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by CISA ADP
Details from the advisory
The Easy Table of Contents WordPress plugin before 2.0.68 does not sanitise and escape some parameters, which could allow users with a role as low as Editor to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
medium 6.1 CVE-2024-6334 · published 2024-07-09
Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Easy Table of Contents (older than 2.0.67.1)
- Affected
- older than 2.0.67.1
- Fixed in
- 2.0.67.1
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by CISA ADP
Details from the advisory
The Easy Table of Contents WordPress plugin before 2.0.67.1 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.
medium 5.9 CVE-2024-5573 · published 2024-06-26
Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Easy Table of Contents (older than 2.0.66)
- Affected
- older than 2.0.66
- Fixed in
- 2.0.66
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by CISA ADP
Details from the advisory
The Easy Table of Contents WordPress plugin before 2.0.66 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
Recent activity
- 2026-10-16 — latest release on wordpress.org (2.0.89).
- 2026-03-13 — Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) disclosed (CVE-2026-32343), fixed in 2.0.81.
- 2026-02-19 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2025-13738), fixed in 2.0.79.
- 2024-12-09 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2023-25469), fixed in 2.0.46.
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Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/easy-table-of-contents (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-01.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-01. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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