Maps <= 4.9.6 — Authenticated (Subscriber+) Denial of Service
CVE-2026-16265Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤4.9.6Update to 4.9.7 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium6.5
- CVSS
- 6.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:NIntegrity- None
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
WP Maps – Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, Mapbox, Store Locator with Search, Filters & Listings wp-google-map-plugin
- Affected≤ 4.9.6
- Patched in4.9.7
Update to 4.9.7 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 4.9.6. Version 4.9.7 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under WP Maps – Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, Mapbox, Store Locator with Search, Filters & Listings.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 4.9.7, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch WP Maps – Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, Mapbox, Store Locator with Search, Filters & Listings to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Mohammad Aghdasi.
The Maps plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Denial of Service in versions up to, and including, 4.9.6. This is due to missing capability check and lack of an allowlist on the user-controlled `operation` parameter passed to a dynamic method call in the `wpgmp_ajax_call` function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to call arbitrary methods on the plugin object via the AJAX endpoint, causing resource exhaustion or unexpected server-side behavior.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
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All 31| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shapes_values Parameter ≤4.9.8Update to 5.0.0 | CVE-2026-13179 | |
| High7.5 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Local File Inclusion via 'page' Parameter ≤4.9.8Update to 5.0.0 | CVE-2026-13456 | |
| Medium4.9 | Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection ≤4.9.9Update to 5.0.0 | CVE-2026-66618 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization <4.9.8Update to 4.9.8 | CVE-2026-18466 | |
| Medium4.3 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Exposure ≤4.9.6Update to 4.9.7 | CVE-2026-28144 |
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shapes_values Parameter
≤4.9.8Update to 5.0.0
- High7.5Authenticated (Subscriber+) Local File Inclusion via 'page' Parameter
≤4.9.8Update to 5.0.0
- Medium4.9Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection
≤4.9.9Update to 5.0.0
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
<4.9.8Update to 4.9.8
- Medium4.3Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Exposure
≤4.9.6Update to 4.9.7
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
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