Description
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.
Published: 2024-02-05
Score: 7.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-16223 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.
History

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Index Now <= 2.6.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via reset_form

Subscriptions

Kobzarev Index Now
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:21:24.876Z

Reserved: 2024-01-11T14:44:28.379Z

Link: CVE-2024-0428

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T18:04:49.626Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-05T22:16:01.710

Modified: 2026-04-08T19:19:10.280

Link: CVE-2024-0428

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No data.

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Weaknesses