Vulnerability · Published Apr 7, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-11514
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 10.9% (higher than 96% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei.
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)10.9%top 4.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Nuclei
Official description
The Rank Math plugin through 1.0.40.2 for WordPress allows unauthenticated remote attackers to update arbitrary WordPress metadata, including the ability to escalate or revoke administrative privileges for existing users via the unsecured rankmath/v1/updateMeta REST API endpoint.