CVE-2026-77788

Published: Sep 2, 2026Modified: Sep 3, 2026Deferred

4.9

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploitability: 1.2 / Impact: 3.6

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

Description

The Rank Math SEO WordPress plugin before 1.0.277 does not verify that the metadata row being updated belongs to the object the user was authorised against, allowing users with the Author role and above to overwrite arbitrary post and user metadata, including that belonging to higher-privileged users.

Related CWEs

CWE-639

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data.

References (1)

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c02511a0-9c8b-44cd-b25f-e95cf5f9fef3/

Source: contact@wpscan.com

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