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vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress: CVE-2020-12077: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Apr 1, 2020
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026

Description

The mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress plugin before 2.53.9 for WordPress does not correctly implement AJAX functions with nonces (or capability checks), leading to remote code execution.

Solution

mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress-plugin-cve-2020-12077
Title
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