Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Aug 19, 2026· Updated Aug 26, 2026
CVE-2026-16979
CVE-2026-16979
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.
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Affected products
1- Range: <3.16.3
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1News mentions
1- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 17, 2026 to August 23, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Aug 27, 2026