CVE-2022-1582

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.1
Exploit probability—
ProductWebfactoryltd External Links In New Window \/ New Tab
PublishedMay 30, 2022
First seenMay 30, 2022

How to fix

Update
  • webfactoryltd external_links_in_new_window_\/_new_tab1.43 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
webfactoryltd external_links_in_new_window_\/_new_tabv < 1.431.43

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