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.
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History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00037}

epss

{'score': 0.00041}


Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00055}

epss

{'score': 0.00037}


Mon, 24 Feb 2025 17:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Rankmath
Rankmath seo
Weaknesses CWE-862
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:rankmath:seo:*:*:*:*:free:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Rankmath
Rankmath seo

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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


Thu, 13 Feb 2025 04:45:00 +0000

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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.
Title Rank Math SEO <= 1.0.235 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Schema Deletion
Weaknesses CWE-284
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2025-02-13T16:38:45.626Z

Reserved: 2025-01-08T21:12:26.126Z

Link: CVE-2024-13229

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-02-13T16:38:41.294Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-02-13T05:15:13.930

Modified: 2025-02-24T17:07:33.247

Link: CVE-2024-13229

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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