Vulnerability · Published Dec 13, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-12417Simple Link Directory <= 8.4.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity code injection in Simple Link Directory from quantumcloud. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The The Simple Link Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 8.4.5. 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 products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| quantumcloud | Simple Link Directory | 0 – through 8.4.5 |
Weakness: CWE-94 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b7112840-f190-4867-9408-c96408f28b7a?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-link-directory/trunk/embed/qcopd-embed-link.php#L17
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3206971/simple-link-directory/trunk/embed/qcopd-embed-link.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3232625/