Plugins · journalist-ai · data as of 2026-11-04
Is Arvow AI SEO Writer safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 1.6.0
- Last updated
- 2026-10-02
- Active installs
- 1,000+
- Known issues on record
- 2
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.1.4 · PHP 7.4+
Generate, optimize, and auto-publish SEO content to your WordPress site — with images, internal links, videos, and more. — by Afonso Matos
What to do
- Update to the latest version (1.6.0). Anything older than 1.5.4 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.
With WP-CLI: wp plugin get journalist-ai --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update journalist-ai updates it.
Check your version
Known vulnerabilities
2 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
high 7.5 CVE-2026-66469 · published 2026-08-13
Missing authorization check in Arvow AI SEO Writer (1.5.3 and older)
- Affected
- 1.5.3 and older
- Fixed in
- 1.5.4
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Unauthenticated Broken Access Control in Arvow AI SEO Writer <= 1.5.3 versions.
high 8.2 CVE-2026-16257 · published 2026-08-10
Authentication bypass in Arvow AI SEO Writer (older than 1.5.4)
- Affected
- older than 1.5.4
- Fixed in
- 1.5.4
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by CISA ADP
Details from the advisory
The Arvow AI SEO Writer WordPress plugin before 1.5.4 does not properly restrict access to one of its REST endpoints, whose only access control can be bypassed by unauthenticated users through type juggling when the Arvow AI SEO Writer WordPress plugin before 1.5.4 has not been configured, allowing them to create arbitrary posts and pages and to disclose author account and taxonomy information.
Recent activity
- 2026-10-02 — latest release on wordpress.org (1.6.0).
- 2026-08-13 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2026-66469), fixed in 1.5.4.
- 2026-08-10 — Authentication bypass disclosed (CVE-2026-16257), fixed in 1.5.4.
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Browse vulnerabilities
Types found in this plugin: Missing authorization (1) · Authentication bypass (1)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/journalist-ai (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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