A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Simple Link Directory Plugin up to 7.3.4 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). Affected by this issue is the function get_the_title of the file qcopd-shortcode-generator.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

An XSS vulnerability in qcopd-shortcode-generator.php in the Simple Link Directory plugin before 7.3.5 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML, because esc_html is not called for the "echo get_the_title()" or "echo $term->name" statement.

The weakness was published 03/20/2020. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-13463 since 07/09/2019. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

By approaching the search of inurl:qcopd-shortcode-generator.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 7.3.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

Similar entry is available at VDB-195567.

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