CVE-2022-36376 | WordPress Rank Math SEO plugin <= 1.0.95 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Rank Math SEO plugin <= 1.0.95 at WordPress.

Published: 2022-09-09 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-36376 is rated Moderate Risk (51.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.61%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-36376

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-09-17 0.77% 0.61% -0.16%
2 2025-09-11 0.73% 0.77% +0.04%
3 2025-09-10 0.73%

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-36376

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.2 4.0 [email protected]
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-36376

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-36376

GHSA-j95r-86hx-xwxg · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: composer — Rank Math SEO plugin vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-36376

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
rankmath seo <= 1.0.95 cpe:2.3:a:rankmath:seo:*:*:*:*:free:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2022-36376

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