Medium severity · published May 30, 2022
CVE-2022-1582
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…
6.1
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 57% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EL
External Links IN New Window / New Tab · Webfactoryltd
before 1.43 · source: NVD
Affected product
EL
External Links IN New Window / New Tab
Webfactoryltd
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1582
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1582
Exploit
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cbb75383-4351-4488-aaca-ddb0f6f120cd
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