CVE-2026-1928: Rank Math SEO <= 1.0.276 - Authenticated (Contributor+) PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution
rankmath · Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings
Affected: rankmath Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 45% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
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 products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- rankmath · Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankingsup to and including 1.0.276
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- rankmath
- Published
- October 2026
CoverageNo articles yet
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References
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CVE recordcve.org
- Weakness CWE-502cwe.mitre.org
- wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cd4395be-7b4c-46b0wordfence.com
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-by-rank-math/tags/1.0.263plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-by-rank-math/tags/1.0.263plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-by-rank-math/tags/1.0.263plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3666725plugins.trac.wordpress.org