CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-11514
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-04-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-862
Description
The Rank Math plugin through 1.0.40.2 for WordPress allows unauthenticated remote attackers to update arbitrary WordPress metadata, including the ability to escalate or revoke administrative privileges for existing users via the unsecured rankmath/v1/updateMeta REST API endpoint.
Affected configurations
• rankmath seo (<= 1.0.40.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization weakness
References
- https://rankmath.com/changelog/ Product, Release Notes
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/#developers Product
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/03/critical-vulnerabilities-affecting-over-200000-sites-patched-in-rank-math-seo-plugin/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://rankmath.com/changelog/ Product, Release Notes
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/#developers Product
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/03/critical-vulnerabilities-affecting-over-200000-sites-patched-in-rank-math-seo-plugin/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory