CVE-2022-2600: Auto-Hyperlink Urls Project Auto-Hyperlink Urls

Medium severity, CVSS 5.4. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Auto-Hyperlink Urls Project Auto-Hyperlink Urls: up to and including 5.4.1

Published 2022-08-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.