External Links in New Window / New Tab <= 1.42 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2022-05-09 00:00

WPScanTeam

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.43

Affected PluginExternal Links in New Window / New Tab

Affected Version<= 1.42

CVSS6.1Medium

CVECVE-2022-1582

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Vulnerability Overview

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.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.43, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')) The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1582 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2490a51c-718f-463b-ab80-82d48deb2f1a

CVSS Vector

6.1

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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