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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-62048
CVE-2025-62048:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Missing Authorization vulnerability (CVE-2025-62048) was discovered in WPMU DEV's SmartCrawl SEO WordPress plugin versions 3.14.3 and below. The vulnerability was discovered by Denver Jackson and publicly disclosed on October 16, 2025 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Broken Access Control issue (CWE-862) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium). The vulnerability vector is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N, indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, and required low privileges for exploitation (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability represents a broken access control issue where unprivileged users could potentially execute certain higher privileged actions due to missing authorization, authentication, or nonce token checks (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been patched in version 3.14.4 of the SmartCrawl plugin. Users are advised to update to version 3.14.4 or later to remediate the vulnerability (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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