FKIE_CVE-2026-53741

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-06-10 22:17 - Updated: 2026-07-23 09:10
Severity
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
Simple Link Directory through 9.0.4 interpolates the sld_no_results_found option into a JavaScript string literal without encoding. Because sanitize_text_field leaves quotes intact, a stored payload breaks out of the string and runs script for every page visitor.
References
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-link-directory/
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/simple-link-directory-through-stored-xss-via-sld-no-results-found-option
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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  "lastModified": "2026-07-23T09:10:00.113",
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