CVE-2025-14342 Missing authorization in SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO
Authenticated subscribers can disconnect the site from Squirrly's cloud service due to missing capability checks in the uninstall function.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-14342?
CVE-2025-14342 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in cifi SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO, published on 19 Feb 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the sq_ajax_uninstall function in all versions up to, and including, 12.4.14. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to disconnect the site from Squirrly's cloud service.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14342?
How do I fix CVE-2025-14342?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14342 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-14342 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14342 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wvrh-v9qh-4m3c.