CVE-2022-1583

External Links in New Window / New Tab <= 1.42 - Tabnabbing

mediumUse of Web Link to Untrusted Target with window.opener Access

6.5

CVSS Score

6.5

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

1.43

Patched in

624d

Time to patch

Description

The External Links in New Window / New Tab WordPress plugin before 1.43 does not ensure window.opener is set to "null" when links to external sites are clicked, which may enable tabnabbing attacks to occur.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

High

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=1.42

PublishedMay 9, 2022

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginopen-external-links-in-a-new-window

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/951b8cbd-0509-4548-ae69-6cfd67e83b1a?source=api-prod

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