Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in WordPress SEO Plugin - Rank Math - CVE-2020-11514
Published: April 6, 2020 / Updated: April 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU26595
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11514
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected plugin registers the "rankmath/v1/updateMeta" REST-API endpoint, which fails to include a "permission_callback" used for capability checking. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and gain administrator privileges on the target system.
Affected software
WordPress SEO Plugin - Rank Math
How to mitigate CVE-2020-11514
Install updates from vendor's website.
WordPress SEO Plugin - Rank Math - update to 1.0.41