Medium severity4.9NVD Advisory· Published Sep 2, 2026· Updated Sep 3, 2026
CVE-2026-77788
CVE-2026-77788
Description
The Rank Math SEO WordPress plugin before 1.0.277 does not verify that the metadata row being updated belongs to the object the user was authorised against, allowing users with the Author role and above to overwrite arbitrary post and user metadata, including that belonging to higher-privileged users.
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Affected products
1- Range: <1.0.277
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1News mentions
1- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 31, 2026 to September 6, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Sep 10, 2026