Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings <= 1.0.228 — Authenticated (Administrator+) PHP Object Injection
CVE-2024-9314Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.0.228Update to 1.0.229 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.2
- CVSS
- 7.2CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:HPrivileges required- High
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-502 PHP Object Injection
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings seo-by-rank-math
- Affected≤ 1.0.228
- Patched in1.0.229
Update to 1.0.229 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.0.228. Version 1.0.229 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 1.0.229, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Leo.
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.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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| High8.8 | Authenticated (Contributor+) PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution ≤1.0.276Update to 1.0.277 | CVE-2026-1928 | |
| Medium5.3 | Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated SEO Data Deletion <1.0.280Update to 1.0.280 | CVE-2026-104751 | |
| Medium4.4 | Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤1.0.279Update to 1.0.280 | CVE-2026-104754 | |
| Medium4.9 | Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection ≤1.0.279Update to 1.0.280 | CVE-2026-104753 | |
| High7.2 | Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Upload ≤1.0.279Update to 1.0.280 | CVE-2026-104752 |
- High8.8Authenticated (Contributor+) PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution
≤1.0.276Update to 1.0.277
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated SEO Data Deletion
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- Medium4.4Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
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- Medium4.9Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection
≤1.0.279Update to 1.0.280
- High7.2Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Upload
≤1.0.279Update to 1.0.280
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.2
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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