CVE-2026-15252 Search Atlas SEO < 2.6.12 - Subscriber+ Google Indexing API Access
Authenticated subscribers can manipulate Google Indexing API settings, altering site visibility and exhausting quota due to missing authorization checks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-15252?
CVE-2026-15252 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Search Atlas SEO, published on 30 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
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.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-15252?
How do I fix CVE-2026-15252?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-15252 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-15252 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-15252 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4cg6-5xq4-m2fc.