CVE-2025-1768 SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO <= 12.4.05 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via search Parameter
Authenticated attackers can exploit SQL injection in the Squirrly SEO plugin to extract sensitive database information.
- 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-2025-1768?
CVE-2025-1768 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in cifi SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO, published on 7 Mar 2025. 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 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.
Weakness: CWE-89
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1768?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Squirrly Seo Plugin by Squirrly Seo.
How do I fix CVE-2025-1768?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1768 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.
Is CVE-2025-1768 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1768 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-25mp-28gj-2v47.