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FKIE_CVE-2022-1583

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-05-30 09:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:22

Severity

6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Summary

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.

References

	URL	Tags
	contact@wpscan.com	https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/aa9d727c-4d17-4220-b8cb-e6dec30361a9	Exploit, Third Party Advisory
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/aa9d727c-4d17-4220-b8cb-e6dec30361a9	Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	webfactoryltd	external_links_in_new_window_\/_new_tab	*

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        {
          "product": "External Links in New Window / New Tab",
          "vendor": "Unknown",
          "versions": [
            {
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              "status": "affected",
              "version": "1.43",
              "versionType": "custom"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "contact@wpscan.com"
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "El plugin External Links in New Window / New Tab de WordPress versiones anteriores a 1.43, no es asegurado de que window.opener sea establecido en \"null\" cuando hace clic en enlaces a sitios externos, lo que podr\u00eda permitir que sean producidos ataques de tabnabbing"
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2022-1583",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T04:22:42.953",
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          "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "baseScore": 4.3,
          "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL",
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  ],
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  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
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          "lang": "en",
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      ],
      "source": "contact@wpscan.com",
      "type": "Secondary"
    }
  ]
}

CVE-2022-1583 (GCVE-0-2022-1583)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-05-30 08:36 – Updated: 2024-08-03 00:10

Title

External Links in New Window / New Tab < 1.43 - Tabnabbing

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-1022 - Use of Web Link to Untrusted Target with window.opener Access

Assigner

WPScan mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/aa9d727c-4d17-42…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Unknown	External Links in New Window / New Tab	Affected: 1.43 , < 1.43 (custom)

Credits

Daniel Ruf

Show details on NVD website

JSON

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