CVE-2025-1768 | SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO <= 12.4.05 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via search Parameter

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.

Published: 2025-03-07 Last update: 2025-04-09 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-1768 is rated Moderate Risk (46.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.35%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-1768

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-17 0.18% 0.35% +0.17%
2 2026-04-15 0.29% 0.18% -0.10%
3 2026-01-01 0.29%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-1768

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-1768

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-1768

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
squirrly seo_plugin_by_squirrly_seo < 12.4.06 cpe:2.3:a:squirrly:seo_plugin_by_squirrly_seo:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2025-1768

URL Tags
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/squirrly-seo/trunk/controllers/Assistant.php?rev=3207037#L55 Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/squirrly-seo/trunk/controllers/Audits.php?rev=3207037#L86 Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/squirrly-seo/trunk/controllers/BulkSeo.php?rev=3207037#L148 Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/squirrly-seo/trunk/controllers/FocusPages.php?rev=3207037#L107 Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/squirrly-seo/trunk/controllers/Onboarding.php?rev=3207037#L62 Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/squirrly-seo/trunk/controllers/Post.php?rev=3207037#L480 Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/squirrly-seo/trunk/models/Snippet.php?rev=3207037#L118 Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/squirrly-seo/trunk/models/Snippet.php?rev=3207037#L96 Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3248412/ Patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3250395/ Patch
https://wordpress.org/plugins/squirrly-seo/#developers Product
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1a23ee5c-275f-4d51-8199-1cc2b0086f73?source=cve Third Party Advisory
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