CVE-2020-11514 (GCVE-0-2020-11514)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-04-07 16:50 – Updated: 2024-08-04 11:35
VLAI?
Summary
The Rank Math plugin through 1.0.40.2 for WordPress allows unauthenticated remote attackers to update arbitrary WordPress metadata, including the ability to escalate or revoke administrative privileges for existing users via the unsecured rankmath/v1/updateMeta REST API endpoint.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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