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CVE-2026-16265 (GCVE-0-2026-16265)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-07 06:00 – Updated: 2026-08-07 18:19

Title

WP Maps < 4.9.7 - Subscriber+ Denial of Service

Summary

The WP Maps WordPress plugin before 4.9.7 does not perform a capability check in one of its AJAX actions and does not restrict the operation it dispatches, allowing users with a Subscriber account to trigger uncontrolled recursion that exhausts server resources, resulting in a Denial of Service.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Assigner

WPScan

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5432f989-03d8-49…	exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Unknown	WP Maps	Affected: 0 , < 4.9.7 (semver)

Credits

Mohammad Aghdasi WPScan

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GHSA-29W4-W235-2PMP

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-07 06:30 – Updated: 2026-08-07 21:30

Details

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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  "modified": "2026-08-07T21:30:34Z",
  "published": "2026-08-07T06:30:28Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16265"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5432f989-03d8-49d9-ac45-0d5a6a7bf499"
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Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2026-16265 (GCVE-0-2026-16265)

GHSA-29W4-W235-2PMP

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