CrawlWP SEO – Instant Search Engine Indexing & SEO Performance Monitor <= 3.0.16 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

2026-07-05 00:00

Ananda Dhakal

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 3.0.17

Affected PluginCrawlWP SEO – Instant Search Engine Indexing & SEO Performance Monitor

Affected Version<= 3.0.16

CVSS4.3Medium

CVECVE-2026-59520

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Vulnerability Overview

The CrawlWP SEO – Instant Search Engine Indexing & SEO Performance Monitor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 3.0.16. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on a function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform an unauthorized action via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 3.0.17, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)) The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-59520 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/89dc1740-0050-4793-847b-9aa44cc12822

CrawlWP SEO – Instant Search Engine Indexing & SEO Performance Monitor <= 3.0.16 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CVE-2026-59520)