CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-11514

The 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.

7.5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

9.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://rankmath.com/changelog/ Product Release Notes
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/03/critical-vulnerabilities-affecting-over-200000-sites-patched-in-rank-math-seo-plugin/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/#developers Product
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:rankmath:rankmath:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Information

Published : 2020-04-07 05:15

Updated : 2021-07-21 11:39

NVD link : CVE-2020-11514

Mitre link : CVE-2020-11514

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-862