The Rank Math SEO WordPress plugin before 1.0.277 does not perform a capability check when bulk metadata updates target taxonomy terms, and reuses the supplied object identifier across object types, allowing users with the Author role and above to modify the SEO metadata of terms they cannot edit and to overwrite the titles of posts belonging to other users.

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Wed, 02 Sep 2026 11:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-862
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 2.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 02 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Rank Math Seo
Rank Math Seo rank Math Seo
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Wed, 02 Sep 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description The Rank Math SEO WordPress plugin before 1.0.277 does not perform a capability check when bulk metadata updates target taxonomy terms, and reuses the supplied object identifier across object types, allowing users with the Author role and above to modify the SEO metadata of terms they cannot edit and to overwrite the titles of posts belonging to other users.
Title Rank Math SEO < 1.0.277 - Author+ Term Metadata Update and Cross-Object Post Title Overwrite via updateMetaBulk
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-02T10:45:56.929Z

Reserved: 2026-08-21T12:06:32.625Z

Link: CVE-2026-77787

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-02T10:12:03.714Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-02T06:17:17.870

Modified: 2026-09-02T11:17:21.270

Link: CVE-2026-77787

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-02T07:45:03Z

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