Reported vulnerability
External Links in New Window / New Tab <= 1.42 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Published 9 May 2022
Updated 22 Jan 2024
CVE-2022-1582
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Wordfence advisory
medium · CVSS 6.1The 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.
Severity vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
External Links in New Window / New Tab
- Software
- plugin · open-external-links-in-a-new-window
- Affected versions
- Start version unspecified, through 1.42
- Fix availability
- Fix available
- Fixed versions
- 1.43
Recommended action
Update to version 1.43, or a newer patched version
Further references (1)
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Which versions of External Links in New Window / New Tab are affected?
Wordfence lists these affected versions: Start version unspecified, through 1.42. Use the version checker above to compare your installed release with this report.
Is a fix available for External Links in New Window / New Tab?
Wordfence reports a fix for this issue in External Links in New Window / New Tab. It lists these fixed versions: 1.43. Back up your website and test the recommended update before applying it to your live site.
Where can I find my installed plugin version?
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Does an affected version mean my website has been hacked?
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Other reports for the same product
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