Is CVE-2024-5573 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-5573 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-5573?

CVE-2024-5573 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-5573?

CVE-2024-5573 has an EPSS score of 0.33% (25th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-5573?

Upgrade easy table of contents to 2.0.66 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-5573

MEDIUM

5.9

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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

CWE-79Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

How to fix

Remediation Available

easy table of contentsNVD

Affected:< 2.0.66Fixed in:2.0.66CVE-2024-5573derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionRequired

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.33%probability of exploitation in 30 days

25thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 25% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

wpscan.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-79 (Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-11022	Medium	6.9	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-3929	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-9496	Medium	6.1	99%	-	-
CVE-2023-28341	Medium	6.1	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-12998	Medium	6.1	98%	-	-
CVE-2025-4123	High	7.6	98%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-05-19.