Description
The WP Maps WordPress plugin before 4.9.7 does not perform a capability check in one of its AJAX actions and does not restrict the operation it dispatches, allowing users with a Subscriber account to trigger uncontrolled recursion that exhausts server resources, resulting in a Denial of Service.
Published: 2026-08-07
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-400
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 07 Aug 2026 08:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Wp Maps
Wp Maps wp Maps
Vendors & Products Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Wp Maps
Wp Maps wp Maps

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description The WP Maps WordPress plugin before 4.9.7 does not perform a capability check in one of its AJAX actions and does not restrict the operation it dispatches, allowing users with a Subscriber account to trigger uncontrolled recursion that exhausts server resources, resulting in a Denial of Service.
Title WP Maps < 4.9.7 - Subscriber+ Denial of Service
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Wp Maps Wp Maps
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-07T18:19:05.614Z

Reserved: 2026-07-20T08:44:36.115Z

Link: CVE-2026-16265

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-07T18:19:00.162Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-07T06:16:56.610

Modified: 2026-08-07T19:17:37.440

Link: CVE-2026-16265

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-07T20:30:17Z

Weaknesses