CVE-2024-9161

MEDIUM EPSS 78.8%
Published Oct 5, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
6.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Oct 5, 2024 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 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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
6.5
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
2.5
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Low
Availability Low

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
78.8% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-862 Missing Authorization Authorization

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
rankmathseo* <1.0.229

References 6

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-by-rank-math/trunk/includes/rest/class-shared.php#L120
    Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-by-rank-math/trunk/includes/rest/class-shared.php#L161
    Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-by-rank-math/trunk/includes/rest/class-shared.php#L162
    Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-by-rank-math/trunk/includes/rest/class-shared.php#L64
    Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3161896/
    Patch
  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7df39a64-76c5-4ebe-a271-44bd147a3a86?source=cve
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation