CVE-2024-13227: rankmath rank math seo – ai seo tools to dominate seo rankings Cross-site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-13227 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in rankmath rank math seo – ai seo tools to dominate seo rankings. EPSS estimates a 0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 1.0.236.
Timeline
- 13-02-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 08-04-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Rank Math API in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.235 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
- wordfenceSource6.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.47%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
39%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.47% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Rankmath2 products
- rank math seo – ai seo tools to dominate seo rankings≤ 1.0.235
- seo< 1.0.236
Wordpress1 product
- seo-by-rank-math≤ 1.0.235 (fixed in 1.0.236)
2 vendors · 3 products
References
6 links- rankmath.com/changelog/free/page/2/Release Notes