4.3
/ 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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.
Basic Information
ID
CVE-2025-11163
Source
Wordfence
Published
Sep 30, 2025 at 05:28
Affected Product
Vendor
wpmudev
Product
SmartCrawl SEO checker, analyzer & optimizer
Version
*
Affected Versions
wpmudev SmartCrawl SEO checker, analyzer & optimizer *
CWE Classification
References
- www.wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8a63a9b3-c056-45f3-952c-9aee997d1d27
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/smartcrawl-seo/tags/3.14.2/includes/core/controllers/class-submodule-controller.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /changeset/3366486/smartcrawl-seo/trunk/includes/core/controllers/class-submodule-controller.php