Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings <= 1.0.228 - Authenticated (Administrator+) PHP Object Injection

7.2
Deserialization of Untrusted Data
CVE CVE-2024-9314
CVSS 7.2 (High)
Publicly Published October 4, 2024
Last Updated October 5, 2024
Researcher Leo

Description

The Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.228 via deserialization of untrusted input 'set_redirections' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to inject a PHP Object. No known POP chain is present in the vulnerable software. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code.

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Vulnerability Details for Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug seo-by-rank-math (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.0.229, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.0.228
Patched Version
  • 1.0.229

Recent vulnerabilities in Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 Rank Math SEO <= 1.0.279 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2026-104754 4.4 Karthik Ramakrishnan October 8, 2026
2 Rank Math SEO <= 1.0.279 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection CVE-2026-104753 4.9 Karthik Ramakrishnan October 8, 2026
3 Rank Math SEO <= 1.0.279 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Upload CVE-2026-104752 7.2 Karthik Ramakrishnan October 8, 2026
4 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings < 1.0.277 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Author+) SEO Object Updates CVE-2026-77784 4.3 Project Black September 3, 2026
5 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings < 1.0.277 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure CVE-2026-77783 5.3 Project Black September 2, 2026
6 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings < 1.0.277 - Authenticated (Author+) Information Exposure CVE-2026-77785 4.3 Mohammed Abd Alrahman September 2, 2026
7 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings < 1.0.277 - Missing Authorization CVE-2026-77787 4.3 Mohammed Abd Alrahman September 2, 2026
8 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings < 1.0.277 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary Post/User Meta Overwrite CVE-2026-77788 4.3 Usama Arshad August 31, 2026
9 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings < 1.0.277.1 - Unauthenticated Password-Protected Post Content Disclosure CVE-2026-77782 5.3 Project Black August 31, 2026
10 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings < 1.0.277 - Missing Authorization CVE-2026-77786 2.7 Mohammed Abd Alrahman August 29, 2026

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