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MapPress Maps <= 2.54.5 — Remote Code Execution via Improper Capability Checks in AJAX Calls

CVE-2020-12675Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤2.54.5Update to 2.54.6 or newer

All remediation steps
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Severity
High8.8
CVSS
8.8
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:L Privileges required
Low
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:H Confidentiality
High
I:H Integrity
High
A:H Availability
High
Weakness
CWE-434 Arbitrary File Upload
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
On this page8

Am I affected?

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

  1. Affected≤ 2.54.5
  2. Patched in2.54.6

Update to 2.54.6 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 2.54.5. Version 2.54.6 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 2.54.6, 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 Alert Logic.

The mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress plugin before 2.54.6 for WordPress does not correctly implement capability checks for AJAX functions related to creation/retrieval/deletion of PHP template files, leading to Remote Code Execution. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-12077.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

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

Advisories & patches

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High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
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≤2.96.6Update to 2.97.1
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Medium4.4Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.94.9Update to 2.94.10
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Same weakness (Arbitrary File Upload)

All Arbitrary File Upload
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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 high, CVSS 8.8

  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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