Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-2600

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 22 August 2022

Published
22 August 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0020 41.9th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-2600 is a medium-severity Use of Web Link to Untrusted Target with window.opener Access (CWE-1022) vulnerability in Auto-Hyperlink Urls Project Auto-Hyperlink Urls. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 41.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The Auto-hyperlink URLs WordPress plugin through 5.4.1 does not set rel="noopener noreferer" on generated links, which can lead to Tab Nabbing by giving the target site access to the source tab through the window.opener DOM object.

CWE(s)
CWE-1022NVD-CWE-Other

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

auto-hyperlink urls project
auto-hyperlink urls
≤ 5.4.1

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References