Rank Math SEO with AI SEO Tools <= 1.0.214 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via HowTo block attributes

6.4
Improper Input Validation
CVE CVE-2024-2536
CVSS 6.4 (Medium)
Publicly Published March 21, 2024
Last Updated April 9, 2024
Researcher Ngô Thiên An (ancorn_)

Description

The Rank Math SEO with AI SEO Tools plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the HowTo block attributes in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.214 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

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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 1.0.215, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.0.214
Patched Version
  • 1.0.215

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

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings <= 1.0.271 - Missing Authorization CVE-2026-34892 4.3 Jakub Herman June 3, 2026
2 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings <= 1.0.271 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Homepage Settings Modification CVE-2025-12714 5.3 mikemyers, abrahack May 28, 2026
3 Rank Math SEO <= 1.0.252.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Exposure CVE-2025-64351 4.3 Abu Hurayra (HurayraIIT) September 11, 2025
4 Rank Math SEO <= 1.0.252.1 - Missing Authorization CVE-2025-64350 4.3 Abu Hurayra (HurayraIIT) September 11, 2025
5 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings <= 1.0.235 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Rank Math API CVE-2024-13227 6.4 Webbernaut February 12, 2025
6 Rank Math SEO <= 1.0.235 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Schema Deletion CVE-2024-13229 4.3 Webbernaut February 12, 2025
7 Rank Math SEO <= 1.0.231 - .htaccess File Manipulation to Remote Code Execution CVE-2024-11620 7.2 Rafie Muhammad November 22, 2024
8 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings <= 1.0.228 - Authenticated (Administrator+) PHP Object Injection CVE-2024-9314 7.2 Leo October 4, 2024
9 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings <= 1.0.228 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated User and Term Metadata Insert, Update, and Delete CVE-2024-9161 6.5 Leo October 4, 2024
10 Rank Math SEO <= 1.0.218 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2024-4627 4.4 Dmitrii Ignatyev June 11, 2024

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