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        {
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "product": "Rank Math SEO PRO",
          "vendor": "RankMath",
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              "version": "3.0.123"
            }
          ]
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          "lang": "en",
          "value": "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."
        }
      ],
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        {
          "cvssV3_1": {
            "baseScore": 9.8,
            "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
            "version": "3.1"
          }
        }
      ],
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        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "cweId": "CWE-506",
              "description": "CWE-506 Embedded Malicious Code",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "CWE"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
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        "dateUpdated": "2026-10-19T16:35:59.949Z",
        "orgId": "b15e7b5b-3da4-40ae-a43c-f7aa60e62599",
        "shortName": "Wordfence"
      },
      "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/"
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          "lang": "en",
          "time": "2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z",
          "value": "Discovered"
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        {
          "lang": "en",
          "time": "2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z",
          "value": "Disclosed"
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      ],
      "title": "Rank Math SEO PRO 3.0.123 - Unauthenticated Embedded Malicious Code"
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    "cveId": "CVE-2026-111862",
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    "dateReserved": "2026-10-17T02:00:53.250Z",
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