CVE-2025-62048
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in WPMU DEV - Your All-in-One WordPress Platform SmartCrawl smartcrawl-seo.This issue affects SmartCrawl: from n/a through <= 3.14.3.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThe SmartCrawl SEO plugin for WordPress versions up to 3.14.3 contains a missing authorization vulnerability. This allows authenticated users with insufficient privileges to access or modify settings or data that should require higher-level permissions, likely due to missing capability checks on certain admin actions or AJAX endpoints.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm SmartCrawl plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins and verify SmartCrawl SEO is listed as installed and activeAffected if SmartCrawl SEO plugin is present and active in the WordPress installation
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Determine installed SmartCrawl versionNavigate to Plugins page in WordPress admin, locate SmartCrawl SEO, and record the version number displayed, or inspect the plugin main file header at wp-content/plugins/smartcrawl-seo/includes/class-main.phpAffected if Installed version is 3.14.3 or lower (any version up to and including 3.14.3)
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Identify unauthenticated or low-privilege AJAX endpointsSearch plugin PHP files for AJAX action hooks (wp_ajax_ and wp_ajax_nopriv_) that handle settings or data modifications and verify whether each handler includes a capability check such as current_user_can() before processingAffected if AJAX endpoints exist that modify settings or data without verifying the user has appropriate privileges
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Check admin action handlers for missing authorizationReview PHP files in the plugin admin directory for action handlers (admin_init, admin_post_) that process settings changes or data operations and confirm each calls current_user_can() or similar authorization functionAffected if Admin action handlers exist that process requests without capability verification
The environment is affected if SmartCrawl SEO plugin version 3.14.3 or lower is installed and contains AJAX endpoints or admin action handlers that lack capability checks, allowing authenticated users with subscriber or editor roles to modify settings they should not access.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate SmartCrawl to the latest version once available, or implement proper capability checks (e.g., current_user_can()) on all admin action handlers and AJAX endpoints in the plugin.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-62048 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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