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CVE-2024-9314: Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings <= 1.0.228 - Authenticated (Administrator+) PHP Object Injection

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-10-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-502

Description

The Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.228 via deserialization of untrusted input 'set_redirections' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to inject a PHP Object. No known POP chain is present in the vulnerable software. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code.

Affected products

• Rank Math SEO: before 1.0.229 — fixed in 1.0.229

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Rank Math SEO 1.0.229. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-by-rank-math/trunk/includes/admin/class-import-export.php#L507
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-by-rank-math/trunk/includes/admin/class-import-export.php#L514
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3161896/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/af5ed47e-f183-4e72-a916-15020e2bc91e?source=cve

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