Rank Math SEO with AI SEO Tools <= 1.0.214 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via HowTo block attributes

published 2024-04-09 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-27485

cvss: 6.4; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
public exploits: 0; none known

The Rank Math SEO with AI SEO Tools plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the HowTo block attributes in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.214 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

rankmath seo 1.0.215

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3055515/seo-by-rank-math/tags/1.0.215/includes/m… patch

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-04-15)

Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

rankmath Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-2536
NVD CVE-2024-2536

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Summary