---
id: "CVE-2026-110901"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-110901"]
title: "SmartCrawl WordPress plugin: authorization bypass via user-controlled key"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 5.4
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["package", "smartcrawl-seo", "wordpress", "wordpress-plugin"]
not_affected_if: []
published_at: "2026-10-16T13:16:55+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:13+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-25T04:18:34+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-110901", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:13+00:00"}]
---

# SmartCrawl WordPress plugin: authorization bypass via user-controlled key

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.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## 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`
- 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
- unknown for other actions: the sources do not name a fixed version

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T21:57:13+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-110901

## From the sources

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.

---

_Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai_