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GHSA-4VRC-P2PF-P4QJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-02 06:31 – Updated: 2026-09-02 12:31

Details

The Rank Math SEO WordPress plugin before 1.0.277 does not verify that the metadata row being updated belongs to the object the user was authorised against, allowing users with the Author role and above to overwrite arbitrary post and user metadata, including that belonging to higher-privileged users.

Severity

4.9 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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  ],
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    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-4vrc-p2pf-p4qj",
  "modified": "2026-09-02T12:31:28Z",
  "published": "2026-09-02T06:31:15Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-77788"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c02511a0-9c8b-44cd-b25f-e95cf5f9fef3"
    }
  ],
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

CVE-2026-77788 (GCVE-0-2026-77788)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-02 06:00 – Updated: 2026-09-02 10:45

Title

Rank Math SEO < 1.0.277 - Author+ Arbitrary Post and User Metadata Overwrite via updateSchemas

Summary

Severity

4.9 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-09-02 10:34 UTC

CWE

CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Assigner

WPScan mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c02511a0-9c8b-44…	exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Unknown	Rank Math SEO	Affected: 1.0.48 , < 1.0.277 (semver)

Credits

Usama Arshad WPScan

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              "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
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              "scope": "UNCHANGED",
              "userInteraction": "NONE",
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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-4VRC-P2PF-P4QJ

CVE-2026-77788 (GCVE-0-2026-77788)

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