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CVE-2025-1768: SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO <= 12.4.05 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via search Parameter

6.5 CVSS

Description

The SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to blind SQL Injection via the 'search' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 12.4.05 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-1768

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 6.5

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Problem Types

CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Affected Products

Vendor: cifi

Product: SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.07% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 18.66% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-05 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1768
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1a23ee5c-275f-4d51-8199-1cc2b0086f73?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/squirrly-seo/trunk/models/Snippet.php?rev=3207037#L96
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/squirrly-seo/trunk/models/Snippet.php?rev=3207037#L118
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/squirrly-seo/trunk/controllers/Onboarding.php?rev=3207037#L62
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/squirrly-seo/trunk/controllers/Assistant.php?rev=3207037#L55
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/squirrly-seo/trunk/controllers/Audits.php?rev=3207037#L86
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/squirrly-seo/trunk/controllers/BulkSeo.php?rev=3207037#L148
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/squirrly-seo/trunk/controllers/FocusPages.php?rev=3207037#L107
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/squirrly-seo/trunk/controllers/Post.php?rev=3207037#L480
https://wordpress.org/plugins/squirrly-seo/#developers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3248412/
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3250395/

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