Vulnerability · Published Aug 7, 2026 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2026-16265WP Maps < 4.9.7 - Subscriber+ Denial of Service
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in WP Maps from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 36% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 64.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack tooling1Public PoC
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5432f989-03d8-49d9-ac45-0d5a6a7bf499/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description