CVE-2024-4627 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Rank Math SEO WordPress plugin before 1.0.219 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow users with access to the General Settings (by default admin, however such access can be given to lower roles via the Role Manager feature of the Rank Math SEO WordPress plugin before 1.0.219) to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

Published: 2024-07-02

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Rank Math SEO

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 1.0.219

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:rankmath:seo:*:*:*:*:free:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00391.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c0058fcc-36f6-40bf-9848-fbe2d751d754/

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Rankmath Seo

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-07-02T06:00:02.905Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:47:41.192Z

Reserved: 2024-05-07T20:18:45.838Z

Link: CVE-2024-4627

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:47:41.192Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-07-02T06:15:04.400

Modified: 2026-06-17T08:02:17.520

Link: CVE-2024-4627

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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