CVE-2022-1582 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2022-05-30

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

External Links in New Window / New Tab

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.43`	affected	< 1.43

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:webfactoryltd:external_links_in_new_window_\/_new_tab:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-24873	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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0021.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cbb75383-4351-4488-aaca-ddb0f6f120cd

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Webfactoryltd External Links In New Window \/ New Tab

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-05-30T08:36:01.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T00:10:03.636Z

Reserved: 2022-05-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-1582

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-05-30T09:15:10.050

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:41:00.830

Link: CVE-2022-1582

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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