WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Rank Math SEO < 1.0.229 - Unauthenticated User and Term Metadata Insert/Update/Deletion

Description

The plugin is vulnerable to unauthorized modification and loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'update_metadata' function. 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.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 1.0.229

References

Classification

Type
NO AUTHORISATION
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Leo
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2024-10-04 (about 1 year ago)
Added
2024-10-07 (about 1 year ago)
Last Updated
2024-10-07 (about 1 year ago)

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