Missing authorization in cifi SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-7624
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vm37-pv66-hj54
References
Other 14
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/32701ae6-004c-41e2-bdf0-d78c6c2b3e97?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/squirrly-seo/trunk/controllers/Post.php#L683
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/squirrly-seo/tags/12.4.16/controllers/Post.php#L683
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/squirrly-seo/trunk/controllers/Post.php#L680
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/squirrly-seo/tags/12.4.16/controllers/Post.php#L680
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/squirrly-seo/trunk/classes/RemoteController.php#L573
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/squirrly-seo/tags/12.4.16/classes/RemoteController.php#L573
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/squirrly-seo/trunk/classes/RemoteController.php#L51
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/squirrly-seo/tags/12.4.16/classes/RemoteController.php#L51
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/squirrly-seo/tags/12.4.15/controllers/Post.php#L683
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/squirrly-seo/tags/12.4.15/controllers/Post.php#L680
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/squirrly-seo/tags/12.4.15/classes/RemoteController.php#L573
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/squirrly-seo/tags/12.4.15/classes/RemoteController.php#L51
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3558846%40squirrly-seo&new=3558846%40squirrly-seo&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
More cifi vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-01185 Starbox < 3.5.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2024-07638 Starbox < 3.5.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2024-07376 Starbox < 3.5.2 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2024-06026 SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO <= 12.3.19 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via url Parameter CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-09739 SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO < 12.3.21 - Editor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1LOW 3.5
- TI-2025-16664 WordPress SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO plugin <= 12.4.03 - SQL Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-7624 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-7624 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vm37-pv66-hj54 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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