CVE-2020-12675

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-05-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-434

Description

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.

Affected products

MapPress Maps for WordPress: before 2.54.6 — fixed in 2.54.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: MapPress Maps for WordPress 2.54.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://blog.alertlogic.com/alert-logic-threat-research-team-identifies-new-vulnerability-cve-2020-12675-in-mappress-plugin-for-wordpress/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/#developers
https://blog.alertlogic.com/alert-logic-threat-research-team-identifies-new-vulnerability-cve-2020-12675-in-mappress-plugin-for-wordpress/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/#developers

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