Server-Side Request Forgery in SmartAIPress Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2026-16600
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Key Information:
- Vendor
WordPress
- Status
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 29 August 2026
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👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC
What is CVE-2026-16600?
The SmartAIPress plugin, utilized in WordPress environments, lacks adequate security checks on certain AJAX actions and fails to validate user-supplied URLs. This oversight permits users with subscriber-level access and above to manipulate the site into fetching arbitrary URLs, both internal and external. Consequently, this flaw enables the possibility of full-read Server-Side Request Forgery, posing significant risks to data integrity and site confidentiality.
Affected Version(s)
SmartAIPress 0 <= 1.2.0
Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)
PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.