CVE-2026-16600 json
SmartAIPress <= 1.2.0 - Subscriber+ Server-Side Request Forgery via smartaipress_openai_upload_and_set_featured_image
published 2026-08-29 2 mo ago modified 2026-08-31 2 mo ago also EUVD-2026-68043
- cvss
- 7.7
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The SmartAIPress WordPress plugin through 1.2.0 does not perform a capability check on one of its AJAX actions and does not validate a user-supplied URL before fetching it server-side, allowing users with subscriber-level access and above to make the site retrieve arbitrary internal or external URLs and read the response, resulting in a full-read Server-Side Request Forgery.
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/66d2dc2d-fe77-4d34-bfca-d47b086a9c96/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Affected products
- Unknown SmartAIPress
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery
- Technology feeds
References
-
wpscan.com
/vulnerability/66d2dc2d-fe77-4d34-bfca-d47b086a9c96/
exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-16600
- NVD CVE-2026-16600
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