CVE-2026-18465
MediumCVSS 6.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk16th percentile - higher than 16% of all known CVEs
Summary
The WP MAPS PRO WordPress plugin before 6.1.3 does not perform a capability check in one of its AJAX actions, which is also available to unauthenticated users, and does not properly validate a user-controlled path before using it in a file inclusion, allowing unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary existing local PHP files on the server.
Risk Assessment
Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary local PHP files, potentially leading to server compromise or disclosure of sensitive data.
Recommendation
It is recommended to immediately update the plugin to version 6.1.3 or later, which contains the fix.
Other vulnerabilities in WP MAPS PRO
See all- CVE-2026-8935Critical
The WP MAPS PRO WordPress plugin before version 6.1.1 registers an unauthenticated AJAX action which, given a valid nonce that is publicly emitted on any frontend page enqueuing its map script, unconditionally creates an administrator account and returns a magic-login URL granting interactive admin access.
- CVE-2026-8732Critical
The WP Maps Pro plugin for WordPress up to version 6.1.0 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability via administrator account creation. Unauthenticated attackers can exploit the wpgmp_temp_access_ajax AJAX action, protected only by a nonce publicly embedded on every page, to create a new user with administrator role and take over the entire site.
- CVE-2026-18464High
The WP MAPS PRO WordPress plugin before 6.1.3 does not perform a capability check in one of its AJAX actions, which is also available to unauthenticated users, and does not restrict the operation it dispatches, allowing unauthenticated attackers to trigger uncontrolled recursion that exhausts server resources, resulting in a Denial of Service.
Original NVD description (English source)
The WP MAPS PRO WordPress plugin before 6.1.3 does not perform a capability check in one of its AJAX actions, which is also available to unauthenticated users, and does not properly validate a user-controlled path before using it in a file inclusion, allowing unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary existing local PHP files on the server.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS