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Rank Math SEO Plugin for WordPress < 1.0.41 Privilege Escalation

critical Web App Scanning Plugin ID 112314

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Synopsis

Rank Math SEO Plugin for WordPress < 1.0.41 Privilege Escalation

Description

The WordPress Rank Math SEO Plugin installed on the remote host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability due to unprotected REST API endpoint.

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Rank Math SEO Plugin for WordPress 1.0.41 or latest.

See Also

https://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/03/critical-vulnerabilities-affecting-over-200000-sites-patched-in-rank-math-seo-plugin/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 112314

Type: remote

Published: 4/27/2020

Updated: 3/14/2023

Scan Template: basic, full, pci, scan

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-11514

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-11514

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/31/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/31/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-11514, CVE-2020-11515