CVE-2023-50854 HIGH

CVE-2023-50854: WordPress Squirrly SEO - Advanced Pack Plugin <= 2.3.8 is vulnerable to SQL Injection

Vendor Squirrly

Product Squirrly SEO - Advanced Pack

Weakness CWE-89 · SQLi

Published December 28, 2023

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

7.6/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required High

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Squirrly SEO Advanced Pack versions before 2.4.02 contain a SQL injection vulnerability accessible to high-privilege users. An attacker with admin or equivalent access can inject malicious SQL commands to read sensitive database information. The vulnerability affects the site's confidentiality and may impact availability. Update to version 2.4.02 or later.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Read sensitive data from the site's database and potentially degrade site availability.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Trusted admins or compromised admin accounts can extract database contents; availability may be affected.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have high-level admin or equivalent privileges on the site.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

December 28, 2023 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50854 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/89.html AskarLabs — CWE-89 write-up SQL Injection

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2023-50854

CWE CWE-89

CVSS 7.6 / HIGH

Affected versions