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This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00195,"percentile":0.09266,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2026-05-02T03:36:43Z","modified":"2026-06-17T11:02:00Z","products":[{"vendor":"quantumcloud","product":"simple link directory"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9a7ca5f6-89c0-49ce-9aef-2208365c6151?source=cve"},{"url":"https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-link-directory"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-link-directory/tags/8.9.2/qc-op-directory-shortcodes.php#L88"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-link-directory/tags/8.9.2/templates/style-1/template.php#L118"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-link-directory/tags/8.9.4/qc-op-directory-shortcodes.php#L116"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-link-directory/tags/8.9.4/qc-op-directory-shortcodes.php#L145"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7209"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8389-f78q-g2vx"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-7209","title":"Simple Link Directory \u003c= 8.9.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes","description":"The Simple Link Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's `qcopd-directory` shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 8.9.2. 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This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-02T06:30:23Z","modified":"2026-05-02T06:30:29Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:07:53.39389Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-7209","description":"The Simple Link Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's `qcopd-directory` shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 8.9.2. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes such as `title_font_size`. 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