# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pgjx-2qxc-c47q

## 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 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0597?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6497/): SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO <= 12.3.19 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via url Parameter (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-22783](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22783/): WordPress SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO plugin <= 12.4.03 - SQL Injection vulnerability (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2024-43286](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43286/): WordPress Squirrly SEO plugin <= 12.3.19 - SQL Injection vulnerability (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2023-50854](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50854/): WordPress Squirrly SEO - Advanced Pack Plugin <= 2.3.8 is vulnerable to SQL Injection (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2022-38140](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38140/): WordPress SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO Plugin <= 12.1.10 is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload (high 7.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0597 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0597 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: cifi SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0597/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0597/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0597
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0597
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0597

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0597/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.