CVE-2026-104754: Rank Math SEO cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability
low 3.5 published 2026-10-10 · updated 2026-10-13
- Affected versions
- older than 1.0.280
- Fixed in
- 1.0.280
- Latest version
- 1.0.280
- Severity
- Low · CVSS 3.5
- Active installs
- 4+ million
- Type
- Cross-site scripting (XSS)
What an attacker needs
- Access: An admin-level account (per the CVSS score).
- Interaction: It also needs someone on the site (often an admin) to click a link, open a page or submit a form the attacker prepared.
CVSS vector (score by CISA ADP): CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
What to do now
- Update Rank Math SEO to 1.0.280 or newer: Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- Not sure which version you run? Check your version against every known Rank Math SEO issue.
With WP-CLI:
wp plugin get seo-by-rank-math --field=version. - If you ran an affected version and something looks off (new admin users, spam pages, redirects), run the free scan below.
The advisory
The Rank Math SEO WordPress plugin before 1.0.280 does not escape a stored redirection source value before outputting it in an administrative list view, allowing users who can manage redirections (Administrators by default) to store JavaScript that executes in the session of any user who later opens that view, including a Super Administrator on multisite.
References
- NVD CVE-2026-104754 nvd.nist.gov
- WPScan advisory wpscan.com
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Where this data comes from
- CVE record, score and references: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Versions and install counts: wordpress.org/plugins/seo-by-rank-math (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-01.
- The summary, “what an attacker needs” and “what to do” sections are our plain-English reading of the record and the plugin's release history; the quoted description is the record's own text. Spot an error? Email Daniel.