CVE-2026-1928
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
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.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.8
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-28 04:18:02.320000
Last modified
2026-10-29 02:16:51.953000
View original CVE JSON
{
"id": "CVE-2026-1928",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-10-28T04:18:02.320",
"lastModified": "2026-10-29T02:16:51.953",
"vulnStatus": "Deferred",
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "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."
}
],
"affected": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
"affectedData": [
{
"vendor": "rankmath",
"product": "Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"versions": [
{
"version": "0",
"lessThanOrEqual": "1.0.276",
"versionType": "semver",
"status": "affected"
}
]
}
]
}
],
"metrics": {
"cvssMetricV31": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
"type": "Secondary",
"cvssData": {
"version": "3.1",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"baseScore": 8.8,
"baseSeverity": "HIGH",
"attackVector": "NETWORK",
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"privilegesRequired": "LOW",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
"integrityImpact": "HIGH",
"availabilityImpact": "HIGH"
},
"exploitabilityScore": 2.8,
"impactScore": 5.9
}
],
"ssvcV203": [
{
"source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
"ssvcData": {
"timestamp": "2026-10-29T01:31:53.118645Z",
"id": "CVE-2026-1928",
"options": [
{
"exploitation": "none"
},
{
"automatable": "no"
},
{
"technicalImpact": "total"
}
],
"role": "CISA Coordinator",
"version": "2.0.3"
}
}
]
},
"weaknesses": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
"type": "Secondary",
"description": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "CWE-502"
}
]
}
],
"references": [
{
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-by-rank-math/tags/1.0.263/includes/modules/schema/class-db.php#L66",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-by-rank-math/tags/1.0.263/includes/rest/class-sanitize.php#L110",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-by-rank-math/tags/1.0.263/includes/rest/class-shared.php#L446",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3666725/",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cd4395be-7b4c-46b0-be00-7dedc6691f4a?source=cve",
"source": "[email protected]"
}
]
}