Unauthorized Schema Injection Vulnerability in SmartCrawl WordPress SEO Plugin
CVE-2024-3287

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Smartcrawl WordPress Seo Checker, Seo Analyzer, Seo Optimizer
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 May 2024

Summary

The SmartCrawl SEO plugin for WordPress is susceptible to unauthorized ld+json description injection due to inadequate capability checks in the save_settings function. This vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 3.10.2, allowing unauthenticated attackers to manipulate schema types. Exploitation of this flaw can lead to misleading search engine results and potential SEO degradation for affected websites, posing significant risks to site owners and users.

Affected Version(s)

SmartCrawl WordPress SEO checker, SEO analyzer, SEO optimizer * <= 3.10.2

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3073136/smar...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Krzysztof Zając
.