CVE-2023-5949
SmartCrawl WordPress SEO checker < 3.8.3 - Unauthenticated Password Protected Post Disclosure
The SmartCrawl WordPress plugin before 3.8.3 does not prevent unauthorised users from accessing password-protected posts' content.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The SmartCrawl WordPress plugin before 3.8.3 does not prevent unauthorised users from accessing password-protected posts' content.
- Record
CVE-2023-5949- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
SmartCrawl WordPress SEO checker < 3.8.3 - Unauthenticated Password Protected Post Disclosure
The SmartCrawl WordPress plugin before 3.8.3 does not prevent unauthorised users from accessing password-protected posts' content.
- Record
CVE-2023-5949- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-58221 No score
The SmartCrawl WordPress plugin before 3.8.3 does not prevent unauthorised users from accessing password-protected posts' content.
- Record
EUVD-2023-58221- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x98r-x2vh-j7fm
The SmartCrawl WordPress plugin before 3.8.3 does not prevent unauthorised users from accessing...
The SmartCrawl WordPress plugin before 3.8.3 does not prevent unauthorised users from accessing password-protected posts' content.
- Record
GHSA-x98r-x2vh-j7fm- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-5949 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Wpmudev Smartcrawl, published December 18, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.76%, the 55th percentile. No source names a fixed version.