CVE-2026-16979 PUBLISHED

SmartCrawl < 3.16.3 - Subscriber+ Private/Draft Post Title Disclosure and Post Meta Key Enumeration

Assigner: WPScan
Reserved: 24.07.2026 Published: 19.08.2026 Updated: 19.08.2026

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.

Product Status

Vendor Unknown
Product SmartCrawl SEO checker, analyzer & optimizer
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 3.16.3 (excl.)

Credits

  • Ezekiel Victor finder
  • WPScan coordinator

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key CWE