FKIE_CVE-2024-9161

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-10-05 12:15 - Updated: 2025-01-29 18:56
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Summary
The Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification and loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'update_metadata' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.228. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to insert new and update existing metadata beginning with 'rank_math', and delete arbitrary existing user metadata and term metadata. Deleting existing usermeta can cause a loss of access to the administrator dashboard for any registered users, including Administrators.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-by-rank-math/trunk/includes/rest/class-shared.php#L120Product
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-by-rank-math/trunk/includes/rest/class-shared.php#L161Product
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-by-rank-math/trunk/includes/rest/class-shared.php#L162Product
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-by-rank-math/trunk/includes/rest/class-shared.php#L64Product
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3161896/Patch
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7df39a64-76c5-4ebe-a271-44bd147a3a86?source=cveThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
rankmath seo *
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      "value": "The Rank Math SEO \u2013 AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification and loss of data due to a missing capability check on the \u0027update_metadata\u0027 function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.228. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to insert new and update existing metadata beginning with \u0027rank_math\u0027, and delete arbitrary existing user metadata and term metadata. Deleting existing usermeta can cause a loss of access to the administrator dashboard for any registered users, including Administrators."
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      "value": "El complemento Rank Math SEO \u2013 AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings para WordPress es vulnerable a modificaciones no autorizadas y p\u00e9rdida de datos debido a una falta de verificaci\u00f3n de capacidad en la funci\u00f3n \u0027update_metadata\u0027 en todas las versiones hasta la 1.0.228 incluida. Esto hace posible que atacantes no autenticados inserten metadatos nuevos y actualicen los existentes que comiencen con \u0027rank_math\u0027, y eliminen metadatos de usuario y metadatos de t\u00e9rminos existentes de forma arbitraria. Eliminar metadatos de usuario existentes puede provocar la p\u00e9rdida de acceso al panel de administrador para cualquier usuario registrado, incluidos los administradores."
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  "lastModified": "2025-01-29T18:56:32.393",
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          "integrityImpact": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
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  "vulnStatus": "Analyzed",
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          "value": "CWE-862"
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}


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