CVE-2026-1928
Rank Math SEO <= 1.0.276 - Authenticated (Contributor+) PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution
CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
The Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.276 via deserialization of untrusted input in the updateMeta REST API endpoint. This makes it possible forauthenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject a PHP Object. The additional presence of a POP chain allows attackers to achieve remote code execution by writing a webshell to the uploads directory.
| CWE | CWE-502 |
| Vendor | rankmath |
| Product | rank math seo – ai seo tools to dominate seo rankings |
| Published | Oct 28, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Affected Versions
rankmath / Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings
0 ≤ 1.0.276
References
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cd4395be-7b4c-46b0-be00-7dedc6691f4a?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-by-rank-math/tags/1.0.263/includes/rest/class-shared.php#L446 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-by-rank-math/tags/1.0.263/includes/modules/schema/class-db.php#L66 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-by-rank-math/tags/1.0.263/includes/rest/class-sanitize.php#L110 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3666725/
Credits
moochi