CVE-2026-16265: CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in WP Maps
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.
CVE-2026-16265: CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in WP Maps
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.
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Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-20T08:44:36.115Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a757731bf8831d539df5ebf
Added to database: 08/07/2026, 06:12:01 UTC
Last updated: 08/07/2026, 06:12:01 UTC
Views: 1
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