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. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 6.5 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com

NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.

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: Oct 05, 2024
Weakness: CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

This CVE was published Oct 05, 2024 and is one of 17 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

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.

Source record

Technical description

The Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification and loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'update_metadata' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.228. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to insert new and update existing metadata beginning with 'rank_math', and delete arbitrary existing user metadata and term metadata. Deleting existing usermeta can cause a loss of access to the administrator dashboard for any registered users, including Administrators.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

References

Update, patch or deactivate.

Technical description

Primary and upstream sources