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CVE-2022-1582: 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 possibl

medium Affects external-links-in-new-window-\/-new-tab (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

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 possibl

Package
external-links-in-new-window-\/-new-tab (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<1.43
Fixed in
1.43
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.1
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (56.5th percentile)
Published
2022-05-30
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordexternal-links-in-new-window-\/-new-tab (WordPress plugin) advisories

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