CVE-2024-6497 | BDVDB-2026-243126 Detail
cifiSEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO
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.
Impact#
Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact high, integrity impact high, availability impact high. Attack vector: network.
Weaknesses#
- CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
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/
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.