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CVE-2026-77787: Rank Math SEO < 1.0.277 - Author+ Term Metadata Update and Cross-Object Post Title Overwrite via updateMetaBulk

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 10/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.28% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Unknown Rank Math SEO 1.0.277.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Unknown Rank Math SEO 1.0.277 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

The Rank Math SEO WordPress plugin before 1.0.277 does not perform a capability check when bulk metadata updates target taxonomy terms, and reuses the supplied object identifier across object types, allowing users with the Author role and above to modify the SEO metadata of terms they cannot edit and to overwrite the titles of posts belonging to other users.

LowCVSS 2.7 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Sep 2, 2026
Updated
Sep 3, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 20th percentile

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Action score

10

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
10 / 40 · 2.7 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

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Affected systems

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (WPScan). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Unknown Rank Math SEO

    • 1.0.255 and later · before 1.0.277affected · semver

Same product

unknown: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-104752Rank Math SEO < 1.0.280 - Admin+ Arbitrary File Upload to RCE via Settings Import
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2026-104751Rank Math SEO < 1.0.280 - Unauthenticated SEO Analyzer Results Deletion
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2026-77782Rank Math SEO < 1.0.277.1 - Unauthenticated Password-Protected Post Content Disclosure via Post Metadata and llms.txt
    21Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-77784Sep 2, 2026 · Rank Math SEO < 1.0.277 - Author+ Robots and Pillar Content Meta Update on Non-Owned Objects via mark_page_as
    10Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-77785Sep 2, 2026 · Rank Math SEO < 1.0.277 - Author+ Non-Public Post Content Disclosure via Abilities API
    10Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-77788Sep 2, 2026 · Rank Math SEO < 1.0.277 - Author+ Arbitrary Post and User Metadata Overwrite via updateSchemas
    19Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Unknown Rank Math SEO1.0.277Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-10475142 days apartRank Math SEO < 1.0.280 - Unauthenticated SEO Analyzer Results Deletion
    21Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
low · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
Low
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-862 · Missing Authorization

CVSS vector

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

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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