CVE-2024-13229

The Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the update_metadata() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.235. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to delete any schema metadata assigned to any post.

CVSS v3 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-by-rank-math/trunk/includes/rest/class-shared.php#L169	Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3222905/	Patch
https://rankmath.com/changelog/free/page/2/	Product Release Notes
https://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/#developers	Product Release Notes
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5776f689-56dd-413d-b02d-5551b97dd5eb?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:rankmath:seo:*:*:*:*:free:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-02-13 05:15

Updated : 2025-02-24 17:07

NVD link : CVE-2024-13229

Mitre link : CVE-2024-13229

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-13229

JSON object : View

Products Affected

rankmath

seo

CWE

CWE-284

Improper Access Control

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

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