CVE-2024-9161 PoC — Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings <= 1.0.228 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated User and Ter

Source

https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-9161.yaml

Associated Vulnerability

Title:Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings <= 1.0.228 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated User and Term Metadata Insert, Update, and Delete (CVE-2024-9161)
Description:The Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification and loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'update_metadata' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.228. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to insert new and update existing metadata beginning with 'rank_math', and delete arbitrary existing user metadata and term metadata. Deleting existing usermeta can cause a loss of access to the administrator dashboard for any registered users, including Administrators.

Description

Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings plugin for WordPress contains a missing capability check on 'update_metadata' in all versions up to 1.0.228, letting unauthenticated attackers insert, update, or delete metadata, including user and term metadata, potentially causing loss of access to the admin dashboard.

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