CVE-2025-11163 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2025-11163

SmartCrawl SEO checker, analyzer & optimizer <= 3.14.3 - Missing Authorization to Plugin Settings Update

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Rafshanzani Suhada

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

SmartCrawl SEO checker, analyzer & optimizer
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: September 30th, 2025
Last Modified: April 8th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-284

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation
T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1213 Data from Information Repositories
Collection
T1565.002 Stored Data Manipulation
Impact