PT-2022-13981 · WordPress · External Links In New Window / New Tab

Wpscanteam · Published 2022-05-30 · Updated 2022-06-08 · CVE-2022-1582

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions External Links in New Window / New Tab WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.43

Description The issue concerns the improper escaping of URLs concatenated to onclick event handlers, making Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks possible.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.43, update to version 1.43 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the use of onclick event handlers in the External Links in New Window / New Tab WordPress plugin until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-1582

Affected Products

External Links In New Window / New Tab

References · 4

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cbb75383-4351-4488-aaca-ddb0f6f120cd · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-1582 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1582 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/43543 · Telegram Post