VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-1582

CVSS score6.1 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.80%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-05-30
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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.

Weakness classification

  • contact@wpscan.com: CWE-79

Primary references