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CVE Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2026-53742

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Assigner-VulnCheck

Assigner Org ID-83251b91-4cc7-4094-a5c7-464a1b83ea10

Published At-10 Jun, 2026 | 20:39

Updated At-10 Jun, 2026 | 20:39

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Simple Link Directory through 9.0.4 Stored XSS via Embed Shortcode Attributes

Simple Link Directory through 9.0.4 echoes embed shortcode attributes into HTML data attributes without escaping in the embedder template. Attackers with contributor access can craft a shortcode attribute that injects an event handler executing in a viewer's browser.

Affected Products

Vendor

quantumcloud

Product

Simple Link Directory

Versions

Affected

From 0 through 9.0.4 (semver)

Problem Types

Type	CWE ID	Description
CWE	CWE-79	Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Type: CWE

CWE ID: CWE-79

Description: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Metrics

Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
4.0	5.1	MEDIUM	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
3.1	5.4	MEDIUM	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Version: 4.0

Base score: 5.1

Base severity: MEDIUM

Vector:

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Version: 3.1

Base score: 5.4

Base severity: MEDIUM

Vector:

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

Credits

finder

Scott Moore - VulnCheck

References

Hyperlink	Resource
https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-link-directory/	product
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/simple-link-directory-through-stored-xss-via-embed-shortcode-attributes	third-party-advisory

Hyperlink: https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-link-directory/

Resource:

product

Hyperlink: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/simple-link-directory-through-stored-xss-via-embed-shortcode-attributes

Resource:

third-party-advisory

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