WP Maps – Google Maps,OpenStreetMap,Mapbox,Store Locator,Listing,Directory & Filters < 4.9.8 - Missing Authorization

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4.3
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2026-18466
CVSS 4.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published August 21, 2026
Last Updated August 24, 2026
Researcher Xanlar Agamalizade - Confidential

Description

The WP Maps – Google Maps,OpenStreetMap,Mapbox,Store Locator,Listing,Directory & Filters plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access in all versions up to 4.9.8. This is due to a missing capability check on a function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to perform an unauthorized action.

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Vulnerability Details for WP Maps – Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, Mapbox, Store Locator with Search, Filters & Listings

WP Maps – Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, Mapbox, Store Locator with Search, Filters & Listings

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-google-map-plugin (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 4.9.8, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 4.9.8
Patched Version
  • 4.9.8

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# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 WP Maps <= 4.9.8 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shapes_values Parameter CVE-2026-13179 6.4 daroo September 24, 2026
2 WP Maps <= 4.9.8 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Local File Inclusion via 'page' Parameter CVE-2026-13456 7.5 lhking September 24, 2026
3 WP Maps – Google Maps,OpenStreetMap,Mapbox,Store Locator,Listing,Directory & Filters <= 4.9.9 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection CVE-2026-66618 4.9 Ananda Dhakal September 17, 2026
4 Maps <= 4.9.6 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Denial of Service CVE-2026-16265 6.5 Mohammad Aghdasi August 3, 2026
5 WP Maps – Google Maps,OpenStreetMap,Mapbox,Store Locator,Listing,Directory & Filters <= 4.9.6 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Exposure CVE-2026-28144 4.3 Ananda Dhakal July 31, 2026
6 WP Maps – Google Maps,OpenStreetMap,Mapbox,Store Locator,Listing,Directory & Filters < 4.9.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Local File Inclusion CVE-2026-6381 7.5 Mustafa June 11, 2026
7 WP Maps <= 4.9.4 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'location_messages' Parameter CVE-2026-9594 4.4 Yousef Alraddadi June 5, 2026
8 WP Maps – Store Locator,Google Maps,OpenStreetMap,Mapbox,Listing,Directory & Filters <= 4.8.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'put_wpgm' Shortcode CVE-2025-13364 6.4 Muhammad Yudha - DJ April 15, 2026
9 WP Maps – Store Locator,Google Maps,OpenStreetMap,Mapbox,Listing,Directory & Filters <= 4.9.1 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection CVE-2026-39492 7.5 Nguyen Ba Khanh April 8, 2026
10 WP Maps – Store Locator,Google Maps,OpenStreetMap,Mapbox,Listing,Directory & Filters <= 4.9.1 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via 'orderby' Parameter CVE-2026-2580 7.5 Chiao-Lin Yu (Steven Meow) March 22, 2026
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