Table Of Contents PlusWordPress extension · Dublue
CVE-2024-49250
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Syed Balkhi Table of Contents Plus table-of-contents-plus allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Table of Contents Plus: from n/a through <= 2408.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Table of Contents Plus WordPress plugin (versions up to 2408) allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into performing unintended actions, such as modifying plugin settings, by leveraging the lack of proper anti-CSRF token validation on sensitive form submissions and AJAX requests.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Table Of Contents PlusWordPress extension
<= 2408CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check plugin version installedNavigate to WordPress admin > Plugins > Table of Contents Plus, or inspect the main plugin file (e.g., wp-content/plugins/table-of-contents-plus/toc.php) and look for the 'Version' header commentAffected if The installed version is 2408 or lower (the version number appears as '2408' or lower in the plugin file header)
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Verify plugin is activeCheck if Table of Contents Plus appears in the WordPress plugins list and shows as 'Active'Affected if The plugin is installed and activated on the WordPress site
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Inspect admin form submissions for nonce validationExamine the plugin's PHP files for form handling code that processes admin settings. Look for the presence or absence of wp_verify_nonce() or check_admin_referer() calls when processing POST requests from admin forms. Check files that handle settings updates (often in the main plugin file or a settings/class file)Affected if Form processing code in the plugin lacks nonce validation (wp_verify_nonce or check_admin_referer is missing or not properly implemented before processing state-changing requests)
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Inspect AJAX handlers for nonce validationSearch the plugin PHP files for add_action('wp_ajax_') calls and verify if these handlers include nonce verification using wp_verify_nonce() or check_ajax_referer() before processing requestsAffected if AJAX action handlers do not validate nonces before processing requests
You are affected if the Table of Contents Plus plugin version is 2408 or lower AND the plugin is active AND the plugin's admin forms or AJAX handlers lack proper nonce validation as observed in the code.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement WordPress nonces (anti-CSRF tokens) on all admin forms and AJAX actions within the plugin, and validate these nonces on the server side before processing any state-changing requests.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-49250 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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