CVE-2025-14342 (GCVE-0-2025-14342)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-19 04:36 – Updated: 2026-02-19 20:40
VLAI?
Title
SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO <= 12.4.14 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Cloud Service Disconnection
Summary
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.
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
cifi SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO Affected: * , ≤ 12.4.14 (semver)
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Credits
Marcin Dudek
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