CVE-2026-16600

SmartAIPress <= 1.2.0 - Subscriber+ Server-Side Request Forgery via smartaipress_openai_upload_and_set_featured_image

HIGH 7.7EPSS 0.2%

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.

Affected: SmartAIPress
CVSS v3.1 CNA: 7.7 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS: 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 9th percentile
Published: 2026-08-29
Updated: 2026-08-30

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/66d2dc2d-fe77-4d34-bfca-d47b086a9c96/

References

CVE Record
NVD entry