SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO <= 12.1.20 - Missing Authorization

6.3
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2022-44626
CVSS 6.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published March 17, 2023
Last Updated March 21, 2023
Researcher Rafie Muhammad - Patchstack

Description

The SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access/modification or loss of data due to a missing capability check on AJAX action handlers in versions up to, and including, 12.1.20. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access, and above, to invoke those functions.

Wordfence blocked 3,913 attacks targeting this vulnerability in the past 24 hours.

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1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug squirrly-seo (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 12.1.21, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 12.1.20
Patched Version
  • 12.1.21

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