{"id":"CVE-2026-111862","aliases":["EUVD-2026-104460","GHSA-6qfj-hq55-w68p"],"status":"published","title":"Rank Math SEO PRO 3.0.123 - Unauthenticated Embedded Malicious Code","description":"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.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.00658,"percentile":0.52018,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-506"],"published":"2026-10-19T16:35:59Z","modified":"2026-10-20T15:17:13Z","products":[{"vendor":"rank math","product":"rank math seo pro"},{"vendor":"rankmath","product":"rank math seo pro"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/81cd7a2c-ad0c-4dbc-b5dc-07ec866d5c1f?source=cve"},{"url":"https://rankmath.com/kb/pro-3-0-123-security-incident/"},{"url":"https://rankmath.com/changelog/"},{"url":"https://urlscan.io/result/01a145c2-8dc8-72ff-a65d-21209ca29c4f/"},{"url":"https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/rank1cdn.com"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111862"},{"url":"https://rankmath.com/changelog"},{"url":"https://rankmath.com/kb/pro-3-0-123-security-incident"},{"url":"https://urlscan.io/result/01a145c2-8dc8-72ff-a65d-21209ca29c4f"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6qfj-hq55-w68p"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-111862","title":"Rank Math SEO PRO 3.0.123 - Unauthenticated Embedded Malicious Code","description":"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. 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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. 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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. 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