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CVE-2020-12077

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-04-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-434

Description

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.

Affected products

• MapPress Maps for WordPress: before 2.53.9 — fixed in 2.53.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: MapPress Maps for WordPress 2.53.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wordpress.org/plugins/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/#developers
• https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/04/critical-vulnerabilities-patched-in-mappress-maps-plugin/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/#developers
• https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/04/critical-vulnerabilities-patched-in-mappress-maps-plugin/

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