CVE-2026-77784 PUBLISHED

Rank Math SEO < 1.0.277 - Author+ Robots and Pillar Content Meta Update on Non-Owned Objects via mark_page_as

Assigner: WPScan
Reserved: 21.08.2026 Published: 02.09.2026 Updated: 02.09.2026

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.

Product Status

Vendor Unknown
Product Rank Math SEO
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 1.0.277 (excl.)

Credits

  • Project Black finder
  • WPScan coordinator

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key CWE