High severity · published Oct 5, 2024
CVE-2024-9314
Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings <= 1.0.228 - Authenticated (Administrator+) PHP Object Injection
7.2
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.228 via deserialization of untrusted input 'set_redirections' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to inject a PHP Object. No known POP chain is present in the vulnerable software. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 58% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RM
Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings · rankmath
through 1.0.228 · source: vendor
SE
Seo · Rankmath
before 1.0.229 · source: NVD
RS
Rankmath Seo AI Seo Tools TO Dominate Seo Rankings · Rankmath
through 1.0.228 · source: CISA
Affected product
RM
Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings
rankmath
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9314
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9314
Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-by-rank-math/trunk/includes/admin/class-import-export.php#L507
Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-by-rank-math/trunk/includes/admin/class-import-export.php#L514
Patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3161896/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/af5ed47e-f183-4e72-a916-15020e2bc91e?source=cve
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