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CVE-2024-6497: 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 sanitiz

high Affects squirrly-seo (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published ; advisory modified .

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 sanitiz

Package
squirrly-seo (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<12.3.20
Fixed in
12.3.20
Severity
high  CVSS 8.8
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 11% (95.9th percentile)
Published
2024-07-20
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79CWE-89
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