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.
Automated scanner template
A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.
- Rank Math SEO <= 1.0.40.2 - Privilege Escalation via Unprotected REST API Endpoint http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-11514.yaml
Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.