CVE-2024-6497

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  2. Vulnerabilities (CVE)
  3. CVE-2024-6497
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.

6.1 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://nowotarski.info/wordpress-nonce-authorization/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/squirrly-seo/trunk/controllers/Api.php#L267 Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/squirrly-seo/trunk/controllers/Api.php#L267 Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3121853/ Patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3121853/ Patch
https://wordpress.org/plugins/squirrly-seo/#developers Product
https://wordpress.org/plugins/squirrly-seo/#developers Product
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bb3aa613-8f34-4d96-8ddf-41fcdcf65c59?source=cve Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bb3aa613-8f34-4d96-8ddf-41fcdcf65c59?source=cve Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:squirrly:seo_plugin_by_squirrly_seo:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
History

05 Apr 2025, 00:23

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE CWE-79
First Time Squirrly
Squirrly seo Plugin By Squirrly Seo
CPE cpe:2.3:a:squirrly:seo_plugin_by_squirrly_seo:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
References
  • () https://nowotarski.info/wordpress-nonce-authorization/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
References () https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/squirrly-seo/trunk/controllers/Api.php#L267 - () https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/squirrly-seo/trunk/controllers/Api.php#L267 - Product
References () https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bb3aa613-8f34-4d96-8ddf-41fcdcf65c59?source=cve - () https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bb3aa613-8f34-4d96-8ddf-41fcdcf65c59?source=cve - Third Party Advisory
References () https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3121853/ - () https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3121853/ - Patch
References () https://wordpress.org/plugins/squirrly-seo/#developers - () https://wordpress.org/plugins/squirrly-seo/#developers - Product
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : 8.8 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 6.1

20 Jul 2024, 09:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE
Information

Published : 2024-07-20 09:15

Updated : 2025-04-05 00:23

NVD link : CVE-2024-6497

Mitre link : CVE-2024-6497

JSON object : View

Products Affected

squirrly

  • seo_plugin_by_squirrly_seo
CWE
CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')