CVE-2026-15252
MediumCVSS 5.4Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk4th percentile - higher than 4% of all known CVEs
Summary
The Search Atlas SEO WordPress plugin before 2.6.12 lacks capability and nonce checks in an AJAX handler, allowing any authenticated user (e.g., Subscriber) to invoke the Google Indexing API, submit or remove site URLs from Google's index, and consume the indexing quota.
Risk Assessment
Risk of unauthorized management of site indexing in Google, potentially affecting search visibility and exhausting API quota.
Recommendation
Update the plugin to version 2.6.12 or later.
Other vulnerabilities in Search Atlas SEO
See all- CVE-2026-57357High
The Search Atlas SEO plugin version 2.6.6 and earlier contains an unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An attacker can inject malicious script without requiring authentication.
- CVE-2026-15247Medium
The Search Atlas SEO WordPress plugin before version 2.6.24 does not perform a nonce or capability check before processing a settings update in one of its early-priority handlers. This allows any authenticated user such as a Subscriber to overwrite or delete the site's stored Google service-account credentials.
- CVE-2025-58019Medium
The Search Atlas SEO plugin for WordPress (versions up to and including 2.5.4) contains a Stored XSS vulnerability due to improper neutralization of input during web page generation. A malicious script can be persistently stored and executed in the user's browser.
Original NVD description (English source)
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.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS