Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-11514 - Missing Authorization vulnerability in Rankmath SEO
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://rankmath.com/changelog/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/#developers
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/03/critical-vulnerabilities-affecting-over-200000-sites-patched-in-rank-math-seo-plugin/
- https://rankmath.com/changelog/
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/03/critical-vulnerabilities-affecting-over-200000-sites-patched-in-rank-math-seo-plugin/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/#developers