Is CVE-2024-9161 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-9161 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-9161?

CVE-2024-9161 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-9161?

CVE-2024-9161 has an EPSS score of 2.04% (79th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-9161?

Upgrade seo to 1.0.229 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-9161

MEDIUMEPSS 79th pctl

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification and loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'update_metadata' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.228. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to insert new and update existing metadata beginning with 'rank_math', and delete arbitrary existing user metadata and term metadata. Deleting existing usermeta can cause a loss of access to the administrator dashboard for any registered users, including Administrators.

CWE-862Missing Authorization

How to fix

Remediation Available

seoNVD

Affected:< 1.0.229Fixed in:1.0.229CVE-2024-9161derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

2.04%probability of exploitation in 30 days

79thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 79% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

plugins.trac.wordpress.org

Third-Party Advisory1

wordfence.com

Product4

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CVE-2021-39226	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
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CVE-2021-21978	Critical	9.8	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-52163	High	8.8	96%	KEV	-
CVE-2022-1329	High	8.8	93%	-	-
CVE-2023-6875	Critical	9.8	90%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-01-29.