Description
The Rank Math SEO WordPress plugin before 1.0.277 does not verify that a user is allowed to edit the object being modified before updating its SEO indexing metadata, allowing users with the Author role and above to alter that metadata on content, taxonomy terms and user profiles they do not own, and to remove other users' content from the site's sitemap and search engine index.
Published: 2026-09-02
Score: 2.7 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 11:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-639
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 2.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Rank Math Seo
Rank Math Seo rank Math Seo
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Rank Math Seo
Rank Math Seo rank Math Seo
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 06:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Rank Math SEO WordPress plugin before 1.0.277 does not verify that a user is allowed to edit the object being modified before updating its SEO indexing metadata, allowing users with the Author role and above to alter that metadata on content, taxonomy terms and user profiles they do not own, and to remove other users' content from the site's sitemap and search engine index.
Title Rank Math SEO < 1.0.277 - Author+ Robots and Pillar Content Meta Update on Non-Owned Objects via mark_page_as
References

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Wordpress Wordpress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-02T10:45:57.220Z

Reserved: 2026-08-21T12:06:19.060Z

Link: CVE-2026-77784

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-02T10:12:10.154Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-02T06:17:17.667

Modified: 2026-09-02T11:17:20.953

Link: CVE-2026-77784

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-02T13:30:05Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-639

    Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key