CVE-2020-11514 (GCVE-0-2020-11514)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-04-07 16:50
Modified
2024-08-04 11:35
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://rankmath.com/changelog/Product, Release Notes
cve@mitre.orghttps://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/#developersProduct
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/03/critical-vulnerabilities-affecting-over-200000-sites-patched-in-rank-math-seo-plugin/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://rankmath.com/changelog/Product, Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/#developersProduct
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/03/critical-vulnerabilities-affecting-over-200000-sites-patched-in-rank-math-seo-plugin/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
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