GHSA-RXPX-FPWF-9Q46

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-10-05 12:31 – Updated: 2024-10-05 12:31
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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.

Severity ?
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-9161"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-862"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-10-05T12:15:02Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-rxpx-fpwf-9q46",
  "modified": "2024-10-05T12:31:33Z",
  "published": "2024-10-05T12:31:33Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9161"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-by-rank-math/trunk/includes/rest/class-shared.php#L120"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-by-rank-math/trunk/includes/rest/class-shared.php#L161"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-by-rank-math/trunk/includes/rest/class-shared.php#L162"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-by-rank-math/trunk/includes/rest/class-shared.php#L64"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3161896"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7df39a64-76c5-4ebe-a271-44bd147a3a86?source=cve"
    }
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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