6.5
Medium
CVE-2024-9161 The Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized…
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.
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 1.0 | earliest → 1.0.228 | No fix stated |
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