CVE-2024-13229

MEDIUM EPSS 33.5%
Published Feb 13, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
4.3 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Feb 13, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
4.3
Exploitability
2.8
Impact
1.4
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Low
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
33.5% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 2

CWE-284
CWE-862 Missing Authorization Authorization

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
rankmathseo* <1.0.236

References 5

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-by-rank-math/trunk/includes/rest/class-shared.php#L169
    Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3222905/
    Patch
  • rankmath.com https://rankmath.com/changelog/free/page/2/
    ProductRelease Notes
  • wordpress.org https://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/#developers
    ProductRelease Notes
  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5776f689-56dd-413d-b02d-5551b97dd5eb?source=cve
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation