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CVE-2026-77784: Rank Math SEO plugin lets authors edit others' metadata
CVE-2026-77784 · published 2 months ago
Summary
The Rank Math SEO plugin for WordPress, versions before 1.0.277, does not check whether a user is allowed to change the SEO information for a piece of content. Because of this, anyone with the Author role or higher can modify SEO settings on posts, categories, or user profiles they don’t own, and can even hide other users' content from the site’s sitemap and search results. Upgrade the plugin to version 1.0.277 or later to restore proper permission checks.
What to do
- Update unknown rank math seo to version 1.0.277 or later.
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| unknown | rank math seo | < 1.0.277 |
Original advisory text
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...
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.
Internet-facing
60 days
Internal
At next upgrade
- Not known to be exploited
- Needs hands-on effort to exploit
- Gives an attacker partial control
Severity
2.7
Low
Type
CWE-639Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Timeline
Published2 Sep 2026
Updated3 Nov 2026
First seen2 Sep 2026
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