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CVE-2024-9161: rankmath rank math seo – ai seo tools to dominate seo rankings Missing Authorization

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
Published 05-10-2024Last modified 08-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-9161 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Missing Authorization vulnerability in rankmath rank math seo – ai seo tools to dominate seo rankings. EPSS estimates a 2.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.7% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 1.0.229.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
2.13%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 05-10-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification and loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'update_metadata' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.228. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to insert new and update existing metadata beginning with 'rank_math', and delete arbitrary existing user metadata and term metadata. Deleting existing usermeta can cause a loss of access to the administrator dashboard for any registered users, including Administrators.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.13%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

82%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.13% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
2.13%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Rankmath2 products
Wordpress1 product
  • seo-by-rank-math≤ 1.0.228 (fixed in 1.0.229)

2 vendors · 3 products

References

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