Cross-Site Request Forgery in Easy Table of Contents

Executive Summary

CVE-2026-32343 is a Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting the WordPress Easy Table of Contents Plugin versions up to and including 2.0.80.

This vulnerability allows a malicious actor to trick higher privileged users into executing unwanted actions while authenticated, such as by clicking a crafted link, visiting a malicious page, or submitting a form.

The issue requires user interaction and the involvement of a privileged user to be exploited.

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Impact Analysis

This vulnerability can lead to unauthorized actions being executed under the session of a privileged user if they are tricked into interacting with malicious content.

Although the severity is considered low (CVSS score of 4.3), it can still result in broken access control where attackers perform actions without proper authorization.

Users are advised to update to version 2.0.81 or later to mitigate this risk.

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Compliance Impact

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Detection Guidance

[{'type': 'paragraph', 'content': 'This vulnerability is a Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) affecting the Easy Table of Contents WordPress plugin up to version 2.0.80. Detection typically involves verifying the plugin version installed on your WordPress site.'}, {'type': 'paragraph', 'content': 'There are no specific network or system commands provided to detect this vulnerability directly.'}, {'type': 'paragraph', 'content': 'To check the plugin version, you can use WordPress CLI commands such as:'}, {'type': 'list_item', 'content': 'wp plugin list --status=active'}, {'type': 'list_item', 'content': "Look for 'easy-table-of-contents' and verify if the version is 2.0.80 or lower."}, {'type': 'paragraph', 'content': 'If the plugin version is vulnerable, it indicates the presence of the vulnerability.'}] [1]

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Mitigation Strategies

The primary mitigation step is to update the Easy Table of Contents plugin to version 2.0.81 or later, where the vulnerability has been patched.

Additionally, enabling auto-updates for the plugin can help ensure that future vulnerabilities are addressed promptly.

Since this is a CSRF vulnerability requiring user interaction and privileged user involvement, educating users to avoid clicking suspicious links or visiting untrusted pages while authenticated can also reduce risk.

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