CVE-2025-11163

MEDIUM

SmartCrawl SEO checker - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm

Description

The SmartCrawl SEO checker, analyzer & optimizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the update_submodule() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.14.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update the plugin's setttings.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smartcrawl-seo/tags/3.14.2/includes/core/controllers/class-submodule-controller.php#L123

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3366486/smartcrawl-seo/trunk/includes/core/controllers/class-submodule-controller.php

Third Party Advisory

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8a63a9b3-c056-45f3-952c-9aee997d1d27?source=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3

EPSS 0.0021

EPSS Percentile 11.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-284

Status published

Products (1)

wpmudev/SmartCrawl SEO checker, analyzer & optimizer < 3.14.3

Published Sep 30, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026