CVE-2026-16979SmartCrawl < 3.16.3 - Subscriber+ Private/Draft Post Title Disclosure and Post Meta Key Enumeration
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The SmartCrawl SEO checker, analyzer & optimizer WordPress plugin before 3.16.3 does not perform capability checks on two of its AJAX actions, allowing users with at least the Subscriber role to read the titles of private and draft posts by ID and to enumerate stored post-meta key names.
- CVSS
- 4.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-639
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- WPScan
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Aug 19, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Unknown SmartCrawl SEO checker, analyzer & optimizer unknown:smartcrawl_seo_checker_analyzer_and_optimizer (from the name) | before 3.16.3 | CNA record |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c9eb27aa-c5f9-4f1c-b87c-337ebaf192dd/exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
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