SmartCrawl SEO checker, analyzer & optimizer <= 3.14.3 - Missing Authorization to Plugin Settings Update

Improper Access Control

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

CVE	CVE-2025-11163
CVSS	Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published	September 29, 2025
Last Updated	September 30, 2025
Researcher	Rafshanzani Suhada

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

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	smartcrawl-seo (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 3.14.3
Patched Version	3.14.4

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