Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 13, 2024· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2024-12417

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

WordPress/Simple Link Directoryinferred
Range: <=8.4.5
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-link-directory

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-link-directory/trunk/embed/qcopd-embed-link.phpnvd
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3206971/simple-link-directory/trunk/embed/qcopd-embed-link.phpnvd
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3232625/nvd
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b7112840-f190-4867-9408-c96408f28b7anvd

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