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CVE-2024-13229

Rank Math SEO <= 1.0.235 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Schema Deletion

MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS Score
Published: February 13, 2025 at 04:21 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:01 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSeo

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Severity
MEDIUM4.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the update_metadata() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.235. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to delete any schema metadata assigned to any post.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Seo· Rankmathwordpress-plugin
95%
v ≤ 1.0.235v < 1.0.236
Affected range stops below 1.0.236, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (5)

Product
Source: [email protected]
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-by-rank-math/trunk/includes/rest/class-shared.php#L169
Patch
Source: [email protected]
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3222905/
ProductRelease Notes
Source: [email protected]
https://rankmath.com/changelog/free/page/2/
ProductRelease Notes
Source: [email protected]
https://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/#developers
Third Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5776f689-56dd-413d-b02d-5551b97dd5eb?source=cve

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

4.3MEDIUMWordfence
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-284CWE-862

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