CVE-2023-6627 (GCVE-0-2023-6627)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-08 19:00 – Updated: 2025-06-18 16:53
VLAI?
Title
WP Go Maps < 9.0.28 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS
Summary
The WP Go Maps (formerly WP Google Maps) WordPress plugin before 9.0.28 does not properly protect most of its REST API routes, which attackers can abuse to store malicious HTML/Javascript on the site.
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown WP Go Maps (formerly WP Google Maps) Affected: 0 , < 9.0.28 (semver)
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Credits
Marc Montpas WPScan
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