CVE-2024-0597: 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 a

medium Affects seo-plugin-by-squirrly-seo (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

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 a

Package
seo-plugin-by-squirrly-seo (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<=12.3.15
Fixed in
no fix recorded
Severity
medium  CVSS 4.4
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (42.3th percentile)
Published
2024-02-05
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
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