CVE-2024-0597 SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO <= 12.3.15 - Authenticated(Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via plugin settings
Administrators can inject scripts into WordPress settings, affecting multi-site or restricted HTML environments.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-0597?
CVE-2024-0597 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in cifi SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO, published on 5 Feb 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to and including 12.3.15 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0597?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Squirrly Seo Plugin by Squirrly Seo.
How do I fix CVE-2024-0597?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0597 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2024-0597 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0597 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in cifi SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO
- CVE-2024-6497 SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO <= 12.3.19 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via url Parameter
- CVE-2025-22783 WordPress SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO plugin <= 12.4.03 - SQL Injection vulnerability
- CVE-2024-43286 WordPress Squirrly SEO plugin <= 12.3.19 - SQL Injection vulnerability
- CVE-2023-50854 WordPress Squirrly SEO - Advanced Pack Plugin <= 2.3.8 is vulnerable to SQL Injection
- CVE-2022-38140 WordPress SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO Plugin <= 12.1.10 is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pgjx-2qxc-c47q.