CVE-2022-1582 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2022-1582

External Links in New Window / New Tab < 1.43 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Vulnerability Description

The External Links in New Window / New Tab WordPress plugin before 1.43 does not properly escape URLs it concatenates to onclick event handlers, which makes Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks possible.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • WPScanTeam

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

External Links in New Window / New Tab
Vulnerable Versions:
1.43

Timeline

Official Publish: May 30th, 2022
Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)