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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-09-29 | Published 2025-09-30 | Updated 2025-09-30 | Assigner Wordfence




MEDIUM: 4.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Problem types

CWE-284 Improper Access Control

Product status

Default status
unaffected

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affected

Timeline

2025-09-29:Vendor Notified
2025-09-29:Disclosed

Credits

Rafshanzani Suhada finder

References

www.wordfence.com/...-c056-45f3-952c-9aee997d1d27?source=cve

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...class-submodule-controller.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...class-submodule-controller.php

cve.org (CVE-2025-11163)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-11163)

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