Vulnerability · Published Jul 30, 2026 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2026-15252Search Atlas SEO < 2.6.12 - Subscriber+ Google Indexing API Access
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in Search Atlas SEO from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 21% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 78.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The Search Atlas SEO WordPress plugin before 2.6.12 does not perform a capability or nonce check in one of its AJAX handlers, allowing any authenticated user such as a Subscriber to invoke the site's Google Indexing API integration, submitting or removing the site's URLs from Google's index and consuming its indexing quota.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Search Atlas SEO | 0 – before 2.6.12 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a347a7a8-36d6-4806-8781-a9ae8eb94788/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description