CVE-2026-16265 PUBLISHED

WP Maps < 4.9.7 - Subscriber+ Denial of Service

Assigner: WPScan
Reserved: 20.07.2026 Published: 07.08.2026 Updated: 07.08.2026

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.

Product Status

Vendor Unknown
Product WP Maps
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 4.9.7 (excl.)

Credits

  • Mohammad Aghdasi finder
  • WPScan coordinator

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption CWE