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.

INFO

Published Date :

2025-09-30T05:28:53.152Z

Last Modified :

2025-09-30T15:41:18.658Z

Source :

Wordfence
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-11163 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Wordpress
  • Wordpress
Wpmudev
  • Smartcrawl
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2025-11163.

URL Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smartcrawl-seo/tags/3.14.2/includes/core/controllers/class-submodule-controller.php#L123 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3366486/smartcrawl-seo/trunk/includes/core/controllers/class-submodule-controller.php cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8a63a9b3-c056-45f3-952c-9aee997d1d27?source=cve cve-icon cve-icon
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