CVE-2023-2526: Easy Google Maps <= 1.11.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via AJAX action

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-06-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The Easy Google Maps plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.11.7. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the AJAX action handler. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to executes AJAX actions via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. CVE-2024-31269 appears to be a duplicate of this issue.

Affected products

supsystic Easy Google Maps: through 1.11.7

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/google-maps-easy/trunk/classes/frame.php?rev=2777743#L246
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2916430/
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2916430/google-maps-easy/trunk/classes/frame.php?contextall=1
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4ea4ca00-185b-4f5d-9c5c-f81ba4edad05?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/google-maps-easy/trunk/classes/frame.php?rev=2777743#L246
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2916430/
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2916430/google-maps-easy/trunk/classes/frame.php?contextall=1
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4ea4ca00-185b-4f5d-9c5c-f81ba4edad05?source=cve

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