Plugins · squirrly-seo · data as of 2026-11-04
Is GEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 14.2.9
- Last updated
- 2026-11-03
- Active installs
- 30,000+
- Known issues on record
- 16
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.0.8 · PHP 7.0+
Become the brand AI recommends. SEO + AEO + GEO so your WordPress ranks on Google and gets cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini & AI Overviews. — by SEO Squirrly
What to do
- Update to the latest version (14.2.9). Anything older than 14.2.6 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.
With WP-CLI: wp plugin get squirrly-seo --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update squirrly-seo updates it.
Check your version
Known vulnerabilities
16 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
high 8.8 CVE-2026-94076 · published 2026-09-30
PHP object injection in GEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO (14.2.5 and older)
- Affected
- 14.2.5 and older
- Fixed in
- 14.2.6
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Contributor PHP Object Injection in SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO <= 14.2.5 versions.
high 7.1 CVE-2026-66614 · published 2026-08-20
Cross-site scripting (XSS) in GEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO (14.2.2 and older)
- Affected
- 14.2.2 and older
- Fixed in
- 14.2.3
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO <= 14.2.2 versions.
high 7.1 CVE-2026-66664 · published 2026-08-06
Cross-site scripting (XSS) in GEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO (14.2.0 and older)
- Affected
- 14.2.0 and older
- Fixed in
- 14.2.1
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO <= 14.2.0 versions.
high 7.2 CVE-2026-1667 · published 2026-07-10
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in GEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO (14.0.0 and older)
- Affected
- 14.0.0 and older
- Fixed in
- 14.0.1 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Post Creation and Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 14.0.0 due to a leak of an API token and insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create arbitrary posts, and, if the Advanced Custom Fields plugin is installed and activated, inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
medium 5.9 CVE-2026-52714 · published 2026-06-16
Missing authorization check in GEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO (12.4.16 and older)
- Affected
- 12.4.16 and older
- Fixed in
- 12.4.17
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Unauthenticated Broken Access Control in SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO <= 12.4.16 versions.
medium 4.3 CVE-2026-7624 · published 2026-06-06
Missing authorization check in GEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO (12.4.16 and older)
- Affected
- 12.4.16 and older
- Fixed in
- 12.4.18 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 12.4.16. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to invoke privileged state-changing Squirrly cloud API operations, such as revoking the site's Google Search Console and Google Analytics integrations via `api/gsc/revoke` and `api/ga/revoke`, that are otherwise restricted to administrator-level users holding the `sq_manage_settings` capability.
NVD CVE-2026-7624Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)Plugin source
medium 4.3 CVE-2025-14342 · published 2026-02-19
Missing authorization check in GEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO (12.4.14 and older)
- Affected
- 12.4.14 and older
- Fixed in
- 12.4.18 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the sq_ajax_uninstall function in all versions up to, and including, 12.4.14. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to disconnect the site from Squirrly's cloud service.
NVD CVE-2025-14342Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)Plugin source
high 8.8 CVE-2025-22783 · published 2025-03-27
SQL injection in GEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO (12.4.03 and older)
- Affected
- 12.4.03 and older
- Fixed in
- 12.4.06
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in SEO Squirrly SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO squirrly-seo allows SQL Injection.This issue affects SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO: from n/a through <= 12.4.03.
medium 6.5 CVE-2025-1768 · published 2025-03-07
SQL injection in GEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO (12.4.05 and older)
- Affected
- 12.4.05 and older
- Fixed in
- 12.4.18 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
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.
NVD CVE-2025-1768Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)wordpress.orgPlugin source
high 8.8 CVE-2025-24654 · published 2025-03-03
Missing authorization check in GEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO (12.4.07 and older)
- Affected
- 12.4.07 and older
- Fixed in
- 12.4.08
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
Missing Authorization vulnerability in SEO Squirrly SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO squirrly-seo.This issue affects SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO: from n/a through <= 12.4.07.
high 8.8 CVE-2024-43286 · published 2024-08-18
SQL injection in GEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO (12.3.19 and older)
- Affected
- 12.3.19 and older
- Fixed in
- 12.3.20
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Squirrly SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO.This issue affects SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO: from n/a through 12.3.19.
medium 6.1 CVE-2024-6497 · published 2024-07-20
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in GEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO (12.3.19 and older)
- Affected
- 12.3.19 and older
- Fixed in
- 12.3.23 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
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 sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. CVE-2024-43286 appears to be a duplicate of this issue.
NVD CVE-2024-6497Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)wordpress.orgnowotarski.infoPlugin source
medium 6.1 CVE-2024-29790 · published 2024-03-27
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in GEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO (12.3.16 and older)
- Affected
- 12.3.16 and older
- Fixed in
- 12.3.17
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Squirrly SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO: from n/a through 12.3.16.
medium 6.3 CVE-2022-44626 · published 2024-03-25
Missing authorization check in GEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO (12.1.20 and older)
- Affected
- 12.1.20 and older
- Fixed in
- 12.1.21
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Squirrly SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO.This issue affects SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO: from n/a through 12.1.20.
medium 6.1 CVE-2022-45065 · published 2023-05-08
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in GEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO (12.1.20 and older)
- Affected
- 12.1.20 and older
- Fixed in
- 12.1.21
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
Unauth. Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Squirrly SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO plugin <= 12.1.20 versions.
high 8.8 CVE-2022-38140 · published 2022-11-28
Arbitrary file upload in GEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO (12.1.10 and older)
- Affected
- 12.1.10 and older
- Fixed in
- 12.1.11
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
Auth. (contributor+) Arbitrary File Upload in SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO plugin <= 12.1.10 on WordPress.
Recent activity
- 2026-11-03 — latest release on wordpress.org (14.2.9).
- 2026-09-30 — PHP object injection disclosed (CVE-2026-94076), fixed in 14.2.6.
- 2026-08-20 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2026-66614), fixed in 14.2.3.
- 2026-08-06 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2026-66664), fixed in 14.2.1.
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Browse vulnerabilities
Types found in this plugin: Cross-site scripting (XSS) (6) · Missing authorization (5) · SQL injection (3) · PHP object injection (1) · Arbitrary file upload (1)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/squirrly-seo (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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