Low severity · published Sep 2, 2026
CVE-2026-77784
Rank Math SEO < 1.0.277 - Author+ Robots and Pillar Content Meta Update on Non-Owned Objects via mark_page_as
2.7
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Rank Math SEO WordPress plugin before 1.0.277 does not verify that a user is allowed to edit the object being modified before updating its SEO indexing metadata, allowing users with the Author role and above to alter that metadata on content, taxonomy terms and user profiles they do not own, and to remove other users' content from the site's sitemap and search engine index.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 21% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RM
Rank Math SEO ·
before 1.0.277 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-77784
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-77784
wpscan.com
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7a6ad8c5-eb7e-4201-8597-479e77863985/
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