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CVE-2023-0731: Interactive Geo Maps <= 1.5.9 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-02-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Interactive Geo Maps plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the action content parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.5.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with editor level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affected products

• interactivegeomaps MapGeo – Interactive Geo Maps: before 1.5.11 — fixed in 1.5.11

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: interactivegeomaps MapGeo – Interactive Geo Maps 1.5.11. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2861473%40interactive-geo-maps%2Ftrunk&old=2857078%40interactive-geo-maps%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file4
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/95ce515a-377c-49b4-8d1b-7ac22769c759?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2861473%40interactive-geo-maps%2Ftrunk&old=2857078%40interactive-geo-maps%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file4
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/95ce515a-377c-49b4-8d1b-7ac22769c759

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