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CVE-2024-13227: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The vulnerability (CVE-2024-13227) affects Rank Math SEO WordPress plugin versions up to 1.0.235. The security flaw was discovered by researcher Webbernaut and publicly disclosed on February 12, 2025. This vulnerability is related to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes, which could be exploited by authenticated attackers with Contributor or higher privileges (Wordfence Intel).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 6.4 (Medium severity). The issue stems from missing authorization controls and improper sanitization of user input in the plugin's API handling (Wordfence Intel).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability could allow authenticated attackers with Contributor or higher privileges to perform stored cross-site scripting attacks through the Rank Math API (Wordfence Intel).

Mitigation and workarounds

Website administrators are advised to update to the latest version of the Rank Math SEO plugin. The vulnerability has been addressed in version 1.0.240, released on March 12, 2025, which includes security improvements to REST endpoints and other fixes (WordPress Plugin).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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