CVE-2026-77784: CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in Rank Math SEO
The Rank Math SEO WordPress plugin before 1.0.277 does not verify that a user is allowed to edit the object being modified before updating its SEO indexing metadata, allowing users with the Author role and above to alter that metadata on content, taxonomy terms and user profiles they do not own, and to remove other users' content from the site's sitemap and search engine index.
CVE-2026-77784: CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in Rank Math SEO
Description
The Rank Math SEO WordPress plugin before 1.0.277 does not verify that a user is allowed to edit the object being modified before updating its SEO indexing metadata, allowing users with the Author role and above to alter that metadata on content, taxonomy terms and user profiles they do not own, and to remove other users' content from the site's sitemap and search engine index.
CVSS v3.1
Score 2.7low
Weaknesses
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-21T12:06:19.060Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a97bd33acd9273b49d9bbc9
Added to database: 09/02/2026, 06:07:47 UTC
Last updated: 09/03/2026, 02:06:33 UTC
Views: 18
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