TI-2024-08506 Aliases CVE-2024-9161 GHSA-rxpx-fpwf-9q46

Missing authorization in rankmath Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings

LOW 33CWE-862Published 2024-10-05 · Updated 2026-04-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · Low · Low
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.02131 82nd 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

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Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
rankmath	Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings	up to 1.0.228	—	No fix listed	CNA

Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings Vendorrankmath Affected up to 1.0.228 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:rankmath:seo:::::free:wordpress::	before 1.0.229	Vulnerable	rankmath

cpe:2.3:a:rankmath:seo:*:*:*:*:free:wordpress:*:* Versions before 1.0.229 Vulnerable ·rankmath

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-9161
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rxpx-fpwf-9q46

References

Patch 1

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3161896/

Advisory 1

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7df39a64-76c5-4ebe-a271-44bd147a3a86?source=cve

Other 4

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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