CVE-2026-16263CWE-22path-traversal
CVE-2026-16263
High · published August 7, 2026
What it is
The WP Maps WordPress plugin before 4.9.7 does not perform a capability check in one of its AJAX actions and does not properly validate a user-controlled path before using it in a file inclusion, allowing users with a Subscriber account to include and execute arbitrary existing local PHP files on the server.
The record
Technical detail
- CVSS v3.1
- 8.8 · HIGH
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS v4.0
- Not supplied
- EPSS
- 0.00535 · 44.3th percentile
- Weakness
- CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
- Published
- 2026-08-07T10:16Z
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