CVE-2026-53742 (GCVE-0-2026-53742)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-06-10 20:39
Modified
2026-06-11 13:58
Severity ?
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
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| quantumcloud | Simple Link Directory |
Version: 0 ≤ 9.0.4 |
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