Hello,
We apologize for the issue you are facing with Wordfence flagging Rank Math Pro as vulnerable. We want to assure you that if you are seeing a Wordfence notice about a suspected malware URL in Rank Math, it is likely a false positive. This has been reported by several users after updating to the latest version of Rank Math.
The specific file mentioned in the warning, update-1.0.42.php, is an update routine file that was improved in the recent update (v1.0.216) according to WordPress Coding Standards. We have rolled out a fix for this issue in Rank Math SEO v1.0.217, and we encourage you to update the plugin to the latest version to resolve this warning.
To update Rank Math to the latest version, head over to the Plugins section in your WordPress dashboard and click the Update Now button.
If you continue to experience issues after updating, please reply to this ticket with your site URL, and a human agent from our support team will assist you further.
Thank you for bringing this concern to our attention!
Sources:
How to Resolve Wordfence Warning for update-1.0.42.php? » Rank Math
Hello,
Since we did not hear back from you for 15 days, we are assuming that you found the solution. We are closing this support ticket.
If you still need assistance or any other help, please feel free to open a new support ticket, and we will be more than happy to assist.
Thank you.
