SmartLinker AI security updates, in plain English

SmartLinker AI

15 sites report using it · on drupal.org · 1 security release explained here

It automates internal linking to improve search engine visibility, user experience and editor efficiency.

Below is every security release for SmartLinker AI that this site has covered, newest first. Each one says who could exploit it, whether it applies to your site, how urgent it is, and what to tell your developer. If your site uses this module and you are not sure which version, that is the first question to ask whoever looks after it.

SmartLinker AI

Moderately critical · 15 sites report using it · SA-CONTRIB-2026-210 · on drupal.org · Week of 7 October 2026

It automates internal linking to improve search engine visibility, user experience and editor efficiency.

A content writer could see search results for restricted pages when generating internal links. They could read the names of hidden pages. They could not alter these pages.

Who could do thisOnly someone with a login on your site.
Does it apply to youA site is affected if a user has an access right to use the generate internal links feature on a text format.
Has it been used in attacksNo sign of it.
How urgentDrupal rates this moderately critical. Include it in your next routine update, within the month.

Tell your developerUpdate SmartLinker AI to 1.0.3.

For developers: what the fix changed

The fix removes the search option that bypassed access checks and adds an explicit view access check for the node entity before returning its canonical URL in the SmartLinkerAI plugin.

Also in this release The release fixes a fatal error related to generating internal links without a parent subrequest and updates the spell check configuration.

1.0.1 to 1.0.3 3 commits, 2 files.

.cspell.json +2 −1
src/Plugin/AiCKEditor/SmartLinkerAI.php +1 −6 fix

Full diff, 1.0.1 to 1.0.3

The comparison is against the release immediately before the fix. If your site is on an older release, more will have changed.

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