Name: CVE-2022-1582: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2022-05-30T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2022-1582, CWE-79, CVSS 6.1, EPSS 0.00788

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 Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.1
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Open External Links In A New Window Plugin	—	Update open-external-links-in-a-new-window plugin to version 1.43, or a newer patched version	May 15, 2025	May 9, 2022

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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