Where
-Infinity
0
Severity
8.8
EPSS
0.08%
SQL Injection, XSS
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

The SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘url’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 12.3.19 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. CVE-2024-43286 appears to be a duplicate of this issue.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.8
SQL Injection
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Squirrly SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO.This issue affects SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO: from n/a through 12.3.19.

Remedy

Update to 12.3.20 or a higher version.
First published (updated )
Severity
8.8
EPSS
0.04%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Missing Authorization vulnerability in SEO Squirrly SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO squirrly-seo.This issue affects SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO: from n/a through <= 12.4.07.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.8
SQL Injection
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in SEO Squirrly SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO squirrly-seo allows SQL Injection.This issue affects SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO: from n/a through <= 12.4.03.

Remedy

Update the WordPress SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO plugin to the latest available version (at least 12.4.06).
First published (updated )
Severity
8.8
Malicious File Upload
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Auth. (contributor+) Arbitrary File Upload in SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO plugin <= 12.1.10 on WordPress.

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Remedy

Update to 12.1.11 or a higher version.
First published (updated )
Severity
8.5
SQL Injection
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in WP SEO – Calin Vingan Premium SEO Pack premium-seo-pack allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Premium SEO Pack: from n/a through <= 1.6.001.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.6
SQL Injection
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Squirrly Squirrly SEO - Advanced Pack squirrly-seo-pack allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Squirrly SEO - Advanced Pack: from n/a through < 2.4.02.

Remedy

Update to 2.4.02 or a higher version.
First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Infoleak
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

The Premium SEO Pack – WP SEO Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.002. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view limited information from password protected posts through the social meta data.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.1
EPSS
0.04%
XSS
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Squirrly SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO: from n/a through 12.3.16.

Remedy

Update to 12.3.17 or a higher version.
First published (updated )
Severity
7.1
XSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Unauth. Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Squirrly SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO plugin <= 12.1.20 versions.

Remedy

Update to 12.1.21 or a higher version.
First published (updated )
Severity
6.5
SQL Injection
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.4
XSS
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

The Starbox plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Profile Display Name and Social Settings in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.4
XSS
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

The Starbox plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Job Settings user profile fields in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.3
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Squirrly SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO.This issue affects SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO: from n/a through 12.1.20.

Remedy

Update to 12.1.21 or a higher version.
First published (updated )
Severity
6.1
XSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

The Starbox WordPress plugin before 3.5.0 does not sanitise and escape some parameters, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks

First published (updated )
Severity
6.1
XSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

The SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO WordPress plugin before 11.1.12 does not escape the type parameter before outputting it back in an attribute in an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

First published (updated )
Severity
5.4
EPSS
0.04%
XSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

The Starbox WordPress plugin before 3.5.3 does not properly render social media profiles URLs in certain contexts, like the malicious user's profile or pages where the starbox shortcode is used, which may be abused by users with at least the contributor role to conduct Stored XSS attacks.

First published (updated )
Severity
4.8
EPSS
0.04%
XSS
AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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 unfilteredhtml has been disabled.

First published (updated )
Severity
4.8
EPSS
0.04%
XSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

The Starbox WordPress plugin before 3.5.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfilteredhtml capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

First published (updated )
Severity
4.3
EPSS
0.05%
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

The Starbox – the Author Box for Humans plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.7 via the action function due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for subscribers to view plugin preferences and potentially other user settings.

First published (updated )
Severity
3.5
XSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

In the process of testing the SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO WordPress plugin before 12.3.21, a vulnerability was found that allows you to implement Stored XSS on behalf of the editor by embedding malicious script, which entails account takeover backdoor

First published (updated )

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