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Vulnerability · CVE-2023-23888

Rank Math Rank Math SEO allows Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Published Jan 30, 2023 · catalog updated Jan 30, 2023 · Rank Math Rank Math SEO

Patch now

CVE-2023-23888 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Rank Math Rank Math SEO against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.95%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor Rank Math Rank Math SEO

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Rank Math Rank Math SEO allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Rank Math SEO: from n/a through 1.0.107.2.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Rank Math Rank Math SEOversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2023-23888

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2023-23888 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Rank Math Rank Math SEO against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.95%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jan 30, 2023 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Rank Math Rank Math SEO allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Rank Math SEO: from n/a through 1.0.107.2.

  2. Jan 30, 2023 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2023-23888

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2023-23888

    30-day exploitation probability 0.9%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2023-23888

    Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Rank Math Rank Math SEO allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Rank Math SEO: from n/a through 1.0.107.2.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.