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1 vulnerability found for Rank Math SEO PRO by RankMath
CVE-2026-111862 (GCVE-0-2026-111862)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-19 16:35
Modified
2026-10-20 14:10
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-506 - Embedded Malicious Code
Summary
Rank Math SEO PRO for WordPress is affected by a supply-chain compromise in a subset of version 3.0.123 packages downloaded or updated between October 15, 2026 at 20:02 UTC and October 16, 2026 at 07:12 UTC. Rank Math states that the affected plugin files contained malware that could compromise a website if the plugin was activated and directs sites that activated an affected package to treat the website as compromised. The malware may establish persistent access, communicate with rank1cdn[.]com, recreate hidden backdoors on page visits, and expose WordPress credentials, database credentials, API keys, and other secrets accessible to the web server. Rank Math identifies three malicious wp_options keys, hidden PHP backdoors, unauthorized administrator accounts, a fake WordPress core file, PHP-executable .cache files, and a system cron marker as incident indicators. Only packages obtained during the vendor-confirmed window are claimed as affected; version 3.0.123 alone is not sufficient to establish compromise. Rank Math removed the affected files and released version 3.0.124 as the clean replacement.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RankMath | Rank Math SEO PRO |
Version: 3.0.123 |
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