Vulnerability · Published Jul 20, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-6497SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO <= 12.3.19 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via url Parameter
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity SQL injection in SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO from cifi. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 11.0% (higher than 96% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘url’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 12.3.19 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. CVE-2024-43286 appears to be a duplicate of this issue.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| cifi | SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO | 0 – through 12.3.19 |
Weakness: CWE-89 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bb3aa613-8f34-4d96-8ddf-41fcdcf65c59?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/squirrly-seo/trunk/controllers/Api.php#L267
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/squirrly-seo/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3121853/
- https://nowotarski.info/wordpress-nonce-authorization/ technical-description