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CVE-2024-4627: Rank Math SEO < 1.0.219 - Authenticated Stored XSS

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-07-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Rank Math SEO WordPress plugin before 1.0.219 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow users with access to the General Settings (by default admin, however such access can be given to lower roles via the Role Manager feature of the Rank Math SEO WordPress plugin before 1.0.219) to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

Affected products

• Rank Math SEO: before 1.0.219 — fixed in 1.0.219

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Rank Math SEO 1.0.219. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c0058fcc-36f6-40bf-9848-fbe2d751d754/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c0058fcc-36f6-40bf-9848-fbe2d751d754/

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