What is GHSA-8xmc-m5c8-64g5?

GHSA-8xmc-m5c8-64g5 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Simple Link Directory through 9.0.4 interpolates the sld_no_results_found option into a...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-8xmc-m5c8-64g5 cover?

GHSA-8xmc-m5c8-64g5 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-53741. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-8xmc-m5c8-64g5?

GHSA-8xmc-m5c8-64g5 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.4, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-8xmc-m5c8-64g5MediumCVSS 5.4

Simple Link Directory through 9.0.4 interpolates the sld_no_results_found option into a...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

June 11, 2026

Last Modified

June 11, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-53741 →

📋 Description

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 (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53741
https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-link-directory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/simple-link-directory-through-stored-xss-via-sld-no-results-found-option
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8xmc-m5c8-64g5