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CVE-2024-0420: MapPress Maps for WordPress < 2.88.15 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

• 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: yes
• Published: 2024-02-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The MapPress Maps for WordPress plugin before 2.88.15 does not sanitize and escape the map title when outputting it back in the admin dashboard, allowing Contributors and above roles to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Affected products

• Mappresspro Mappress Maps For Wordpress: before 2.88.15 — fixed in 2.88.15

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mappresspro Mappress Maps For Wordpress 2.88.15. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b6187ef8-70f4-4911-abd7-42bf6b7e54b7/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b6187ef8-70f4-4911-abd7-42bf6b7e54b7/

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