CVE-2020-11515 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting the Rank Math SEO plugin for WordPress, versions up to 1.0.40.2. It allows unauthenticated remote attackers to create new, arbitrary URIs that redirect to external websites via an unsecured REST API endpoint. The attack requires no user interaction and has a low impact on confidentiality and integrity, but can lead to client-side redirection. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, a Nuclei template exists for detection. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.0.40.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rankmath:seo:*:*:*:*:free:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.