CVE-2024-9161
CVSS 3.1 Score 6.5 of 10 (medium)
Details
Published Oct 5, 2024
Updated: Jan 29, 2025
CWE ID 862
Summary
CVE-2024-9161 is a vulnerability affecting the Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings plugin for WordPress. This issue, present in versions up to and including 1.0.228, exposes the plugin to unauthorized modification and data loss. Unauthenticated attackers can manipulate metadata beginning with 'rank_math', inserting new metadata or updating existing ones. Moreover, they can delete arbitrary user metadata and term metadata, potentially denying access to the administrator dashboard for registered users, including Administrators.
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Affected Products
- Rank Math SEO
Affected Vendors
- Rankmath