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.
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History

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Rankmath
Rankmath seo
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:rankmath:seo:*:*:*:*:free:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Rankmath
Rankmath seo

Mon, 07 Oct 2024 19:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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


Sat, 05 Oct 2024 11:30:00 +0000

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Description The Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized 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.
Title Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings <= 1.0.228 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated User and Term Metadata Insert, Update, and Delete
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2024-10-07T16:14:57.624Z

Reserved: 2024-09-24T18:07:48.981Z

Link: CVE-2024-9161

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-10-07T16:14:44.081Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-10-05T12:15:02.897

Modified: 2025-01-29T18:56:32.393

Link: CVE-2024-9161

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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