CVE-2026-16979

MediumCVSS 4.3/10Last modified Aug 26, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 4.3/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Aug 19, 2026
Last modified
Aug 26, 2026
NVD status
Deferred

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CVE-2026-16979: Medium severity, CVSS 4.3 | Vulnix