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GHSA-FH98-FX6F-2PF6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-31 00:00 – Updated: 2022-06-10 00:00

Details

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.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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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 CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 44/100 over 1723 records in the last 180 days details

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

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