External Links in New Window / New Tab <= 1.42 - Tabnabbing

6.5
Use of Web Link to Untrusted Target with window.opener Access
CVE CVE-2022-1583
CVSS 6.5 (Medium)
Publicly Published May 9, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Daniel Ruf

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.

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Vulnerability Details for External Links in New Window / New Tab

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug open-external-links-in-a-new-window (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.43, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.42
Patched Version
  • 1.43

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