{"id":"CVE-2026-110901","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-110901"],"related":[],"title":"SmartCrawl WordPress plugin: authorization bypass via user-controlled key","description":"Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in WPMU DEV SmartCrawl smartcrawl-seo allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects SmartCrawl: from n/a through 3.16.4.","summary":"SmartCrawl, a WordPress SEO plugin by WPMU DEV, has an authorization bypass where a user-controlled key lets requests get past access control. The sources do not say what data or actions an attacker gains beyond that.","severity":"medium","cvss":5.4,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["package","smartcrawl-seo","wordpress","wordpress-plugin"],"not_affected_if":[],"how_to_check":"- Check the installed SmartCrawl (smartcrawl-seo) version in the WordPress admin plugin list or with `wp plugin get smartcrawl-seo --field=version`\n- unknown for other checks: the sources do not say which endpoint or setting is involved","fix":"- Update SmartCrawl (smartcrawl-seo) to a version later than `3.16.4`, per the vendor's release notes\n- unknown for other actions: the sources do not name a fixed version","status":"open","published_at":"2026-10-16T13:16:55+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T21:57:13+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-25T04:18:34+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-25T04:18:34+00:00","category":"package","confidence":0.4,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-25T04:18:34Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- Update SmartCrawl (smartcrawl-seo) to a version later than `3.16.4`, per the vendor's release notes\n- unknown for other actions: the sources do not name a fixed version","reach":"unknown","title":"SmartCrawl WordPress plugin: authorization bypass via user-controlled key","impact":"medium","summary":"SmartCrawl, a WordPress SEO plugin by WPMU DEV, has an authorization bypass where a user-controlled key lets requests get past access control. 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The sources do not describe which configuration or role makes a site exposed, so unknown whether sites that do not use the affected feature are safe.","tier":"C","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"first_public_at":"2026-10-16T13:16:55+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","cvss_by":"audit@patchstack.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-110901","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-110901","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-16T13:16:55+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-16T15:19:36+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T21:57:13+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T22:28:55+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[],"notice":"Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai"}