Seo By Rank Math: An open redirect
Seo By Rank Math is affected by an open redirect. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. A crafted link can redirect visitors from the trusted site to an attacker-controlled destination.
- Component
- Seo By Rank Math
- Plugin slug
seo-by-rank-math- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Apr 07, 2020
This CVE was published Apr 07, 2020 and is one of 17 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Seo By Rank Math to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Rank Math plugin through 1.0.40.2 for WordPress allows unauthenticated remote attackers to create new URIs (that redirect to an external web site) via the unsecured rankmath/v1/updateRedirection REST API endpoint. In other words, this is not an "Open Redirect" issue; instead, it allows the attacker to create a new URI with an arbitrary name (e.g., the /exampleredirect URI).
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N