---
id: CVE-2026-16600
title: >-
  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 abov…
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 abov…
severity: high
cvss: 7.7
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-918
published: '2026-08-29'
updated: '2026-08-30'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16600'
references:
  - url: 'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/66d2dc2d-fe77-4d34-bfca-d47b086a9c96/'
    label: contact@wpscan.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00201
epssPercentile: 0.10261
ingestedAt: '2026-08-30T07:49:06.735Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.