PT-2026-48556 · Quantumcloud · Simple Link Directory

Published 2026-06-10 · Updated 2026-06-10 · CVE-2026-53742

NVD

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

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

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.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-53742

Affected Products

Simple Link Directory

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53742 · Security Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-link-directory · Note
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/simple-link-directory-through-stored-xss-via-embed-shortcode-attributes · Note