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CVE-2020-11514

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 10.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-04-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

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.

Affected products

• Rank Math SEO: through 1.0.40.2

References

• https://rankmath.com/changelog/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/#developers
• https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/03/critical-vulnerabilities-affecting-over-200000-sites-patched-in-rank-math-seo-plugin/
• https://rankmath.com/changelog/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/#developers
• https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/03/critical-vulnerabilities-affecting-over-200000-sites-patched-in-rank-math-seo-plugin/

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