CVE-2026-15252

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.45.4—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.4 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-30. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 5.4; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
5.4EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.4Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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.

CVSS v3
5.4
EG Score
5.4(medium)
EG Risk
40(Track)
EG Risk 40/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity54% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 30, 2026

Last Modified

July 30, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 30, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🟡 PoC Available

Search Atlas SEO < 2.6.12 – Subscriber+ Google Indexing API Access | CVE 2026-15252 | Plugin Vulnerabilities

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a347a7a8-36d6-4806-8781-a9ae8eb94788/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-15252(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 18× in last 7d / 71× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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  1. 2026-09-15 07:09 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-15 07:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-15252?
CVE-2026-15252 is a medium vulnerability published on July 30, 2026. 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…
When was CVE-2026-15252 disclosed?
CVE-2026-15252 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 30, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-15252 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-15252 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 92.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-15252?
CVE-2026-15252 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-15252?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-15252, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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