WP Maps Pro <= 6.1.0 — Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Administrator Account Creation to wpgmp_temp_access_ajax AJAX Action
CVE-2026-8732Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤6.1.0Update to 6.1.1 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Critical9.8
- CVSS
- 9.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
WP Maps Pro wp-google-map-gold
- Affected≤ 6.1.0
- Patched in6.1.1
Update to 6.1.1 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 6.1.0. Version 6.1.1 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 Pro.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 6.1.1, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch WP Maps Pro to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to David Brown.
The WP Maps Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via Administrator Account Creation in all versions up to, and including, 6.1.0. This is due to the wpgmp_temp_access_ajax AJAX action being registered with wp_ajax_nopriv_ and protected only by a nonce check using the fc-call-nonce nonce, which is publicly embedded into every frontend page via wp_localize_script as the nonce field of the wpgmp_local JavaScript object, rendering the check ineffective as an access control mechanism. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to invoke the wpgmp_temp_access_support handler with check_temp=false, which unconditionally creates a new WordPress user with the hardcoded role of administrator via wp_insert_user() and returns a magic login URL that, when visited, calls wp_set_auth_cookie() to fully authenticate the attacker as the newly created administrator, resulting in complete site takeover. CVE-2026-8935 is a duplicate of this.
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
More in WP Maps Pro
All 4| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High7.5 | Unauthenticated Denial of Service ≤6.1.2Update to 6.1.3 | CVE-2026-18464 | |
| High8.1 | Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion ≤6.1.2Update to 6.1.3 | CVE-2026-18465 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤5.8.4Update to 5.8.5 | CVE-2025-39465 |
- High7.5Unauthenticated Denial of Service
≤6.1.2Update to 6.1.3
- High8.1Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion
≤6.1.2Update to 6.1.3
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤5.8.4Update to 5.8.5
Timeline
CVE published
Severity critical, CVSS 9.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.