WordPress plugin · simple-link-directory
Is Simple Link Directory safe?
Safe on 9.2.2 or newer.
The current version, 9.2.2, is past every affected range on record (8 of 8 records list one). Keep it updated and you’re clear of them.
- Flaws on record
- 8
- High or critical
- 1
- Exploited
- none
- Current version
- 9.2.2
- Last updated
- Oct 7, 2026
- Active installs
- 2,000+
Every recorded flaw
- Jun 10, 2026Simple Link Directory through 9.0.4 echoes embed shortcode attributes into HTML data attributes without escaping in the embedder template.CVE-2026-53742 · affects up to 9.0.4 · reported by VulnCheckMedium 5.1
- Jun 10, 2026Simple Link Directory through 9.0.4 interpolates the sld_no_results_found option into a JavaScript string literal without encoding.CVE-2026-53741 · affects up to 9.0.4 · reported by VulnCheckMedium 5.1
- May 2, 2026Simple Link Directory: Stored Cross-Site ScriptingCVE-2026-7209 · affects up to 8.9.2 · reported by WordfenceMedium 6.4
- Dec 9, 2025Simple Link Directory: Missing AuthorizationCVE-2025-67576 · affects up to 8.8.3 · reported by PatchstackMedium 5.3
- Dec 9, 2025Simple Link Directory: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)CVE-2025-67465 · affects up to 8.8.3 · reported by PatchstackMedium 4.3
- Dec 13, 2024The Simple Link Directory: Arbitrary shortcode executionCVE-2024-12417 · affects up to 8.4.5 · reported by WordfenceMedium 6.5
- Mar 21, 2022Simple Link Directory: Does not validate and escape the post_id parameter before using it in a SQL statement via the qcopd_upvote_action AJAX action (available to unauthenticated and authenticated users)CVE-2022-0760 · fixed in 7.7.2 · reported by WPScan11% oddsCritical 9.8
- Mar 20, 2020An XSS vulnerability in qcopd-shortcode-generator.php in the Simple Link Directory plugin before 7.3.5 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitraryCVE-2019-13463 · fixed in 7.3.5 · reported by MITRE1.1% oddsMedium 6.1
Records come from the National Vulnerability Database, published by the researchers who found each flaw (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan and others); exploited status from CISA; exploit odds from FIRST’s EPSS; current version, installs and closures from wordpress.org, checked daily. Want every plugin on your site checked at once? Run the free website check.
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