CVE-2026-16979

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Description

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.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c9eb27aa-c5f9-4f1c-b87c-337ebaf192dd/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-19

Updated: 2026-08-19

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N