Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings: A security weakness
Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least contributor-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings
- Plugin slug
seo-by-rank-math- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Feb 13, 2025
This CVE was published Feb 13, 2025 and is one of 17 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 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 SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the update_metadata() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.235. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to delete any schema metadata assigned to any post.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N