CVE-2024-13227: The Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Rank Math API in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.235

medium Affects seo-by-rank-math (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Rank Math API in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.235

Package
seo-by-rank-math (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<1.0.236
Fixed in
1.0.236
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.4
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (40.2th percentile)
Published
2025-02-13
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
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