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Vulnerability record · CVE-2024-13229 · published 13 February 2025

CVE-2024-13229: Rankmath seo improper access control vulnerability

Rankmath · Seo

The Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the update_metadata() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.235. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to delete any schema metadata assigned to any post.

4.3 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.45% · top 62.9% CWE-284 · Improper access controlCWE-862 · Missing authorization
4.3CVSS 3.1 base score
0.45%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
5References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the update_metadata() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.235. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to delete any schema metadata assigned to any post.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-by-rank-math/trunk/includes/rest/class-shared.php#L169 Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3222905/ Patch
https://rankmath.com/changelog/free/page/2/ ProductRelease Notes
https://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/#developers ProductRelease Notes
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5776f689-56dd-413d-b02d-5551b97dd5eb?source=cve Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2024-13229), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-05). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.