MapPress Maps <= 2.54.5 - Remote Code Execution via Improper Capability Checks in AJAX Calls

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CVE CVE-2020-12675
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published May 28, 2020
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Alert Logic
Description

The mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress plugin before 2.54.6 for WordPress does not correctly implement capability checks for AJAX functions related to creation/retrieval/deletion of PHP template files, leading to Remote Code Execution. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-12077.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.54.5
Patched Version
  • 2.54.6
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