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CVE-2023-5949
SmartCrawl WordPress SEO checker < 3.8.3 - Unauthenticated Password Protected Post Disclosure
High7.5Public exploitEPSS 0.76%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- WPScan
Description
The SmartCrawl WordPress plugin before 3.8.3 does not prevent unauthorised users from accessing password-protected posts' content.
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system.
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3cec27ca-f470-402d-ae3e-271cb59cf407 (opens in a new tab)exploitvdb-entrytechnical-descriptionx_transferred
Timeline
ID reserved
By WPScan
- 45 days later
· 45 days later
Published
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.76% · top 45% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
- CWE-862 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-862 and its CVEs
Affected products
Unknown · SmartCrawl WordPress SEO checker, SEO analyzer, SEO optimizer
- affected < 3.8.3
References (1)
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3cec27ca-f470-402d-ae3e-271cb59cf407 (opens in a new tab)exploitvdb-entrytechnical-descriptionx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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