CVE-2020-11514

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2020-11514 · Published 07/04/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-11514 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting seo (rankmath).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 10.9%, higher than 95.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
seo rankmath	`≤ 1.0.40.2`	No fix yet

Description

The Rank Math plugin through 1.0.40.2 for WordPress allows unauthenticated remote attackers to update arbitrary WordPress metadata, including the ability to escalate or revoke administrative privileges for existing users via the unsecured rankmath/v1/updateMeta REST API endpoint.

References

rankmath.com/changelog · Product
wordpress.org/plugins/seo-by-rank-math · Product
wordfence.com/blog/2020/03/critical-vulnerabilities-affecting-over-200000-sites-patched-in-rank-math-seo-plugin · Exploit

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

seo

rankmath

≤ 1.0.40.2

No fix yet

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