CVE-2022-1582
mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.008 · 56 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.80% (56th) EPSS
CVSS 4.3 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
6.1
010
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 2.7
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weaknesses
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affected products (2)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- webfactoryltd external links in new window / new tab< 1.43nvdUScpe:2.3:a:webfactoryltd:external_links_in_new_window_\/_new_tab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (3)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
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references (5)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2022-1582/cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1582cnnvd
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cbb75383-4351-4488-aaca-ddb0f6f120cdcnnvd
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cbb75383-4351-4488-aaca-ddb0f6f120cdenisa_euvd
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cbb75383-4351-4488-aaca-ddb0f6f120cdExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
scry
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