CVE-2023-32600 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Auth. (contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Rank Math SEO plugin <= 1.0.119 versions.

Published: 2023-08-05

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Rank Math

Rank Math SEO

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 1.0.119

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:rankmath:seo:*:*:*:*:free:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update to 1.0.119.1 or a higher version.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-36843	Auth. (contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Rank Math SEO plugin <= 1.0.119 versions.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00097.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/seo-by-rank-math/wordpress-rank-math-seo-plugin-1-0-119-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00077}`	epss `{'score': 0.00079}`

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 17:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Rankmath Seo

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2023-08-05T23:00:33.905Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:08:23.923Z

Reserved: 2023-05-10T11:11:32.951Z

Link: CVE-2023-32600

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T15:18:37.880Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-06T00:15:09.497

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:03:40.600

Link: CVE-2023-32600

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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