CVE-2026-53742

5.1 mediumEPSS 0.1%

Medium (5.1). EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 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

CVSS 3.1

5.4 medium

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

EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 3% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-79
Published: 2026-06-10
Modified: 2026-07-23
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

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

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