CVE-2026-77784 | BDVDB-2026-367342 Detail

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.

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact none, integrity impact low, availability impact none. Attack vector: network.

Weaknesses#

CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

References#

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7a6ad8c5-eb7e-4201-8597-479e77863985/

Exploit#

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7a6ad8c5-eb7e-4201-8597-479e77863985/

History#

Version 12026-09-02Record published in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2026-09-02
Last modified: 2026-09-02

Vendor information

Vendor: Not stated
Product: Rank Math SEO

Score

2.7 Low

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 20.8.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Insecure Direct Object Reference

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
< 1.0.277
Fixed
1.0.277

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

2.7 Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	High
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity	Low
Availability	None

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).