SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO <= 12.3.19 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via url Parameter

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVE CVE-2024-6497
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published July 19, 2024
Last Updated August 22, 2024
Researcher bart
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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug squirrly-seo (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 12.3.19
Patched Version
  • 12.3.20
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