🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2024-0428

HIGH 7.1

Index Now <= 2.6.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via reset_form

CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The Index Now plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'reset_form' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary site options via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

CWE CWE-352
Vendor properfraction
Product crawlwp seo – instant search engine indexing & seo performance monitor
Published Feb 5, 2024
Last Updated Apr 8, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

properfraction / CrawlWP SEO – Instant Search Engine Indexing & SEO Performance Monitor
0 ≤ 2.6.3

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c7641d52-e930-4143-9180-2903d018da91?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3020958/mihdan-index-now/tags/2.6.4/src/Views/WPOSA.php

Credits

Francesco Carlucci