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TI-2026-54173 Aliases CVE-2026-77784GHSA-rh8h-jgfm-8mq4

Rank Math SEO < 1.0.277 - Author+ Robots and Pillar Content Meta Update on Non-Owned Objects via mark_page_as

Priority LOW 13CWE-639Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.

Summary

The Rank Math SEO WordPress plugin before 1.0.277 does not verify that a user is allowed to edit the object being modified before updating its SEO indexing metadata, allowing users with the Author role and above to alter that metadata on content, taxonomy terms and user profiles they do not own, and to remove other users' content from the site's sitemap and search engine index.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00281 20th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix Fixed Rank Math SEO (Unknown): 1.0.277

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
UnknownRank Math SEObefore 1.0.2771.0.277Patch availableCNA
  • Rank Math SEO VendorUnknown Affected before 1.0.277 Fixed in 1.0.277 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Rank Math SEO (Unknown) Fixed in 1.0.277

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Rank Math SEO 1.0.277

    5 records Highest priority Priority LOW 5 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-54177 Rank Math SEO < 1.0.277 - Author+ Arbitrary Post and User Metadata Overwrite via updateSchemasPriority LOW 22
    • TI-2026-54172 Rank Math SEO < 1.0.277 - Unauthenticated Non-Public Post Schema and Content DisclosurePriority LOW 17
    • TI-2026-54176 Rank Math SEO < 1.0.277 - Author+ Term Metadata Update and Cross-Object Post Title Overwrite via updateMetaBulkPriority LOW 13
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-77784
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rh8h-jgfm-8mq4

References

Exploit 1

Sources

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