CVE-2020-11514

The Rank Math plugin through 1.0.40.2 for WordPress allows unauthenticated remote attackers to update arbitrary WordPress metadata, including the ability to escalate or revoke administrative privileges for existing users via the unsecured rankmath/v1/updateMeta REST API endpoint.

• CWE-862

• https://rankmath.com/changelog/Product, Release Notes
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/#developersProduct
• https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/03/critical-vulnerabilities-affecting-over-200000-sites-patched-in-rank-math-seo-plugin/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://rankmath.com/changelog/Product, Release Notes
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/#developersProduct
• https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/03/critical-vulnerabilities-affecting-over-200000-sites-patched-in-rank-math-seo-plugin/Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Published

Apr 7, 2020

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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