CVE-2026-16979

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 59/100
Published: 2026-08-19 Modified: 2026-11-09 First seen: 2026-11-09 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: Low
I: None
A: None

Description

The SmartCrawl SEO checker, analyzer & optimizer WordPress plugin before 3.16.3 does not perform capability checks on two of its AJAX actions, allowing users with at least the Subscriber role to read the titles of private and draft posts by ID and to enumerate stored post-meta key names.

Weakness Classification (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

59 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

4.3 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.27%
Raw Score 0.002700
Percentile 19.5%
Date 2026-11-13

EPSS Trend

2026-11-13
0.00270
2026-11-12
0.00270
2026-11-10
0.00270
2026-11-09
0.00270

Intelligence Sources

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