SEO Booster: SQL injection
SEO Booster is affected by SQL injection. Exploitation requires at least administrator-level access. A successful request can alter database queries and expose or modify WordPress data. The published affected range is <= 7.3.1.
- Component
- SEO Booster
- Plugin slug
seo-booster- Affected
- <= 7.3.1
- Safe version
> 7.3.1- Published
- Jul 16, 2026
This CVE was published Jul 16, 2026 and is one of 5 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update SEO Booster to a release after 7.3.1, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
A safe version is available, so updating to that version or later is the preferred remediation. If an immediate update is not practical, consider a targeted application patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The SEO Booster plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the 'orderby' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 7.3.1 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 administrator-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. Although esc_sql() and sanitize_text_field() are applied, neither neutralizes SQL keywords, commas, parentheses, or subquery syntax in an unquoted ORDER BY context, leaving the clause fully attacker-controlled.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N