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CVE-2026-0593: WP Go Maps (formerly WP Google Maps) <= 10.0.04 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Map Engine Setting Modification

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 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: 2026-01-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The WP Go Maps (formerly WP Google Maps) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the processBackgroundAction() function in all versions up to, and including, 10.0.04. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to modify global map engine settings.

Affected products

• wpgmaps WP Go Maps (formerly WP Google Maps): through 10.0.04

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3439283/wp-google-maps/trunk/includes/class.admin-notices.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7f0741c1-a5d7-41a4-a739-2cb7cb836509?source=cve

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