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TI-2024-04038 Aliases CVE-2024-4335GHSA-fwgc-8fqm-g5r7

Rank Math SEO with AI Best SEO Tools <= 1.0.217 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Priority LOW 29CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The Rank Math SEO with AI Best SEO Tools plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘textAlign’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.0.217 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00429 37th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
rankmathRank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankingsup to 1.0.217—No fix listedCNA
  • Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings Vendorrankmath Affected up to 1.0.217 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:rankmath:seo:*:*:*:*:free:wordpress:*:*before 1.0.218Vulnerablerankmath
  • cpe:2.3:a:rankmath:seo:*:*:*:*:free:wordpress:*:* Versions before 1.0.218 Vulnerable ·rankmath

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-4335
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fwgc-8fqm-g5r7

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2024-04306 Rank Math SEO < 1.0.219 - Authenticated Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2020-09234 The Rank Math plugin through 1.0.40.2 for WordPress allows unauthenticated remote… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-16715 WordPress Rank Math SEO plugin <= 1.0.95 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-09687 WordPress Rank Math SEO plugin <= 1.0.107.2 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-12272 Cross-site scripting in rankmath Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
  • TI-2024-08646 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings <= 1.0.228 - Authenticated (Administrator+) PHP Object Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
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Sources

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