CVE-2020-11514

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-11514
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-04-07 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-05-26 15:02:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-862

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rankmath Rankmath All All All All
Application Rankmath Seo All All All All
Application Rankmath Seo All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
The Official Rank Math SEO Changelog & Release Notes MISC rankmath.com Product, Release Notes
WordPress SEO Plugin – Rank Math | WordPress.org MISC wordpress.org Product
Critical Vulnerabilities Affecting Over 200,000 Sites Patched in Rank Math SEO Plugin MISC www.wordfence.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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