Description
The Rank Math SEO WordPress plugin before 1.0.277 does not perform a capability check when bulk metadata updates target taxonomy terms, and reuses the supplied object identifier across object types, allowing users with the Author role and above to modify the SEO metadata of terms they cannot edit and to overwrite the titles of posts belonging to other users.
Published:
2026-09-02
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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
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| Unknown | Rank Math SEO | unaffected |
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Wed, 02 Sep 2026 06:15:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | The Rank Math SEO WordPress plugin before 1.0.277 does not perform a capability check when bulk metadata updates target taxonomy terms, and reuses the supplied object identifier across object types, allowing users with the Author role and above to modify the SEO metadata of terms they cannot edit and to overwrite the titles of posts belonging to other users. | |
| Title | Rank Math SEO < 1.0.277 - Author+ Term Metadata Update and Cross-Object Post Title Overwrite via updateMetaBulk | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-02T06:00:19.639Z
Reserved: 2026-08-21T12:06:32.625Z
Link: CVE-2026-77787
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-02T06:17:17.870
Modified: 2026-09-02T06:17:17.870
Link: CVE-2026-77787
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