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CVE-2025-11163:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The SmartCrawl SEO checker, analyzer & optimizer plugin for WordPress contains a vulnerability (CVE-2025-11163) discovered on September 29, 2025. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 3.14.3, allowing unauthorized modification of plugin settings due to a missing capability check in the update_submodule() function (NVD, Rapid7).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Access Control (CWE-284) issue with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 4.3 (Medium) and vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability stems from a missing capability check in the update_submodule() function, which fails to properly validate user permissions before allowing modifications to plugin settings (Wordfence).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher to modify the plugin's settings, potentially affecting the SEO configuration of the WordPress site (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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