Simple Link Directory, CVE-2024-12417

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2024-12417
Home page URL: Security reports for Simple Link Directory
Application: Simple Link Directory
Published on: Dec 13, 2024
Research Description: The The Simple Link Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 8.4.0. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.
Affected versions: max 8.4.1.
Status: vulnerable