PT-2022-13981
CVE-2022-1582
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Published
2022-05-30
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Updated
2022-06-08
Description by
CVSS 3.1
6.1
MediumMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
External Links in New Window / New Tab WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.43
Description
The issue concerns the improper escaping of URLs concatenated to onclick event handlers, making Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks possible.
Recommendations
For versions prior to 1.43, update to version 1.43 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the use of onclick event handlers in the External Links in New Window / New Tab WordPress plugin until a patch is available.
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