CVE-2026-53742: medium-severity vulnerability in quantumcloud Simple Link Directory
Simple Link Directory through 9.0.4 Stored XSS via Embed Shortcode Attributes
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13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 5.1epss 0.1%
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.
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
Affected products
quantumcloud · Simple Link DirectoryRelated CVEs — quantumcloud Simple Link Directory
In the same product, most dangerous first.
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