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Vulnerability record · CVE-2024-4627 · published 2 July 2024

CVE-2024-4627: Rankmath seo cross-site scripting vulnerability

Rankmath · Seo

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).

5.4 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.39% · top 69.5% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
5.4CVSS 3.1 base score
0.39%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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).

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c0058fcc-36f6-40bf-9848-fbe2d751d754/ ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c0058fcc-36f6-40bf-9848-fbe2d751d754/ ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2024-4627), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.