# CVE-2024-2536: Cross-site scripting in Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings

> Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via HowTo block attributes, executing them when other users view the page.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h5r4-2c2f-fx7f

## What is CVE-2024-2536?

CVE-2024-2536 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in rankmath Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings, published on 9 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Rank Math SEO with AI SEO Tools plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the HowTo block attributes in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.214 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation), CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2536?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Rankmath Seo.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-2536?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2536 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-2536 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2536 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in rankmath Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings

- [CVE-2020-11514](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11514/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-23888](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23888/): WordPress Rank Math SEO plugin <= 1.0.107.2 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2024-9314](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9314/): Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings <= 1.0.228 - Authenticated (Administrator+) PHP Object Injection (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2022-36376](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36376/): WordPress Rank Math SEO plugin <= 1.0.95 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2024-9161](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9161/): Missing authorization in Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-2536 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-2536 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in rankmath Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings, published on 9 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2536 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: rankmath Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2536/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2536/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2536
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2536
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2536

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