CVE-2026-77787Rank Math SEO < 1.0.277 - Author+ Term Metadata Update and Cross-Object Post Title Overwrite via updateMetaBulk
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The Rank Math SEO WordPress plugin before 1.0.277 does not perform a capability check when bulk metadata updates target taxonomy terms, and reuses the supplied object identifier across object types, allowing users with the Author role and above to modify the SEO metadata of terms they cannot edit and to overwrite the titles of posts belonging to other users.
- CVSS
- 2.7 LOW (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-862
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- WPScan
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Sep 2, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Unknown Rank Math SEO unknown:rank_math_seo (from the name) | from 1.0.255 before 1.0.277 | CNA record |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/849a4859-e10e-49e6-9c38-265b902507b8/exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
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