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GHSA-4CG6-5XQ4-M2FC

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-30 06:32 – Updated: 2026-07-30 15:31

Details

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.

Severity

5.4 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

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  ],
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  },
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  "modified": "2026-07-30T15:31:47Z",
  "published": "2026-07-30T06:32:36Z",
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      "type": "WEB",
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    }
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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  ]
}

CVE-2026-15252 (GCVE-0-2026-15252)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-30 06:00 – Updated: 2026-07-30 14:50

Title

Search Atlas SEO < 2.6.12 - Subscriber+ Google Indexing API Access

Summary

Severity

5.4 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-862 Missing Authorization
CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

WPScan

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a347a7a8-36d6-48…	exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Unknown	Search Atlas SEO	Affected: 0 , < 2.6.12 (semver)

Credits

LevinityCyber WPScan

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-4CG6-5XQ4-M2FC

CVE-2026-15252 (GCVE-0-2026-15252)

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