CVE-2026-77787: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in Rank Math SEO
The Rank Math SEO WordPress plugin before 1.0.277 does not perform a capability check when bulk metadata updates target taxonomy terms, and reuses the supplied object identifier across object types, allowing users with the Author role and above to modify the SEO metadata of terms they cannot edit and to overwrite the titles of posts belonging to other users.
CVE-2026-77787: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in Rank Math SEO
Description
The Rank Math SEO WordPress plugin before 1.0.277 does not perform a capability check when bulk metadata updates target taxonomy terms, and reuses the supplied object identifier across object types, allowing users with the Author role and above to modify the SEO metadata of terms they cannot edit and to overwrite the titles of posts belonging to other users.
CVSS v3.1
Score 2.7low
Affected software
Weaknesses
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-21T12:06:32.625Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a97bd35acd9273b49d9bc03
Added to database: 09/02/2026, 06:07:49 UTC
Last updated: 09/03/2026, 02:06:36 UTC
Views: 18
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