CVE-2022-1582

6.1 mediumEPSS 0.8%

Medium (6.1) in webfactoryltd external links in new window \/ new tab. EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.1 medium

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

EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 56% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-79
Published: 2022-05-30
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

webfactoryltd:external_links_in_new_window_\/_new_tab

References

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

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