External Links in New Window / New Tab: Cross-site scripting
External Links in New Window / New Tab is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.
- Component
- External Links in New Window / New Tab
- Plugin slug
external-links-in-new-window-/-new-tab- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- May 30, 2022
This CVE was published May 30, 2022 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update External Links in New Window / New Tab to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
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.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N