Description
The External Links in New Window / New Tab WordPress plugin before 1.43 does not ensure window.opener is set to "null" when links to external sites are clicked, which may enable tabnabbing attacks to occur.
Published: 2022-05-30
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: 1.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-24874 The External Links in New Window / New Tab WordPress plugin before 1.43 does not ensure window.opener is set to "null" when links to external sites are clicked, which may enable tabnabbing attacks to occur.
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Webfactoryltd External Links In New Window \/ New Tab
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T00:10:03.760Z

Reserved: 2022-05-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-1583

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-05-30T09:15:10.103

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:22:42.953

Link: CVE-2022-1583

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-1022

    Use of Web Link to Untrusted Target with window.opener Access