Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 13, 2025· Updated Apr 8, 2026
Rank Math SEO <= 1.0.235 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Schema Deletion
CVE-2024-13229
Description
The Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the update_metadata() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.235. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to delete any schema metadata assigned to any post.
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Affected products
2- Range: <=1.0.235
- rankmath/Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankingsv5Range: 0
Patches
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References
5- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-by-rank-math/trunk/includes/rest/class-shared.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3222905/mitre
- rankmath.com/changelog/free/page/2/mitre
- wordpress.org/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/mitre
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5776f689-56dd-413d-b02d-5551b97dd5ebmitre
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