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GHSA-877P-V8MM-JQG9

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-01-08 21:30 – Updated: 2025-06-18 18:30

Details

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

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  "modified": "2025-06-18T18:30:25Z",
  "published": "2024-01-08T21:30:33Z",
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CVE-2023-6627 (GCVE-0-2023-6627)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-08 19:00 – Updated: 2025-06-18 16:53

Title

WP Go Maps < 9.0.28 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS

Summary

Severity ?

6.1 (Medium)


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

CWE

CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Assigner

WPScan

References

URL

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	https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f5687d0e-98ca-44…	exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
	https://wpscan.com/blog/stored-xss-fixed-in-wp-go…	technical-description

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Unknown	WP Go Maps (formerly WP Google Maps)	Affected: 0 , < 9.0.28 (semver)

Credits

Marc Montpas WPScan

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

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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GHSA-877P-V8MM-JQG9

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

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