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MapPress Maps for WordPress <=2.53.8 — Authenticated Map Creation/Deletion to Stored Cross-Site Scripting & Remote Code Execution

CVE-2020-12077Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: <2.53.9Update to 2.53.9 or newer

All remediation steps
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Severity
Medium6.5
CVSS
6.5
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:L Privileges required
Low
UI:R User interaction
Required
S:C Scope
Changed
C:L Confidentiality
Low
I:L Integrity
Low
A:L Availability
Low
Weakness
CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
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Am I affected?

MapPress – Free Map Plugin for Google Maps & OpenStreetMap mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress

  1. Affected< 2.53.9
  2. Patched in2.53.9

Update to 2.53.9 or newer.

You are affected if you run < 2.53.9. Version 2.53.9 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under MapPress – Free Map Plugin for Google Maps & OpenStreetMap.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

  1. Update to version 2.53.9, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch MapPress – Free Map Plugin for Google Maps & OpenStreetMap to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Ram.

The mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress plugin before 2.53.9 for WordPress does not correctly implement AJAX functions with nonces (or capability checks), leading to remote code execution.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

More in MapPress – Free Map Plugin for Google Maps & OpenStreetMap

All 18
More vulnerabilities in MapPress – Free Map Plugin for Google Maps & OpenStreetMap
SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
Medium5.3Unauthenticated Information Exposure
≤2.97.14Update to 2.97.15
CVE-2026-118168
Medium5.3Unauthenticated Information Exposure
≤2.97.6Update to 2.97.7
CVE-2026-65564
High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.97.3Update to 2.97.4
CVE-2026-56011
Medium5.3Unauthenticated Insecure Direct Object Reference via REST API Endpoints
≤2.96.6Update to 2.97.1
CVE-2026-8839
Medium4.4Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.94.9Update to 2.94.10
CVE-2025-2162

Same weakness (Cross-Site Scripting)

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Critical9.8Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter
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Medium5.3Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'search' Parameter
Customer Reviews for WooCommerce≤5.127.0Update to 5.128.0
CVE-2026-121518

Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity medium, CVSS 6.5

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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