Database disclosure via unescaped decoded URL
Published Jul 20, 2024 · Updated Apr 8, 2026
Semi-blind SQL injection in Squirrly Limited Squirrly SEO 12.3.19 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to read database data. The getData method URL-decodes the attacker-controlled url parameter and interpolates the result into an unprepared SQL LIKE clause, enabling UNION injection. Contributor-level access exposes the required token, and returned post IDs provide an oracle for extracting database values one byte at a time.
Summary
What happened
Semi-blind SQL injection in Squirrly Limited Squirrly SEO 12.3.19 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to read database data. The getData method URL-decodes the attacker-controlled url parameter and interpolates the result into an unprepared SQL LIKE clause, enabling UNION injection. Contributor-level access exposes the required token, and returned post IDs provide an oracle for extracting database values one byte at a time.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-6497
- Published
- Jul 20, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Vendor
- Squirrly Limited
- Product
- Squirrly SEO
- Classifications
- CWE-79, CWE-89, T1190, T1213
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 20, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=12.3.19
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Public exploit references
- Semi-blind SQL injection demonstrationproof of concept · demonstrated
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