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TI-2026-07762 Aliases CVE-2026-8839GHSA-4m8c-59q5-hc8f

MapPress Maps for WordPress <= 2.96.6 - Unauthenticated Insecure Direct Object Reference via REST API Endpoints

Priority LOW 32CWE-639Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.

Summary

The MapPress Maps for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in all versions up to, and including, 2.96.6. This is due to missing ownership verification in the REST API routes registered via `Mappress_Api::rest_api_init()`, where the GET `/wp-json/mapp/v1/maps/{mapid}` endpoint uses `'permission_callback' => '__return_true'` and the write endpoints (POST update, DELETE, PATCH mutate, POST clone, POST empty_trash) only check the generic `edit_posts` capability without confirming that the requester owns the targeted map — a gap that is not compensated at the model layer, as `Mappress_Map::get()`, `save()`, `delete()`, `mutate()`, and `empty_trash()` all operate on any caller-supplied map ID without an ownership check. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read sensitive map data — including POI titles, addresses, coordinates, and body content — for any map on the site by enumerating map IDs, and for authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access and above to modify, delete, trash/restore, or clone any map regardless of its author.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01018 63rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
chrisvrichardsonMapPress Maps for WordPressup to 2.96.6—No fix listedCNA
  • MapPress Maps for WordPress Vendorchrisvrichardson Affected up to 2.96.6 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mappresspro:mappress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——chrisvrichardson
  • cpe:2.3:a:mappresspro:mappress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·chrisvrichardson

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-8839
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4m8c-59q5-hc8f

References

Other 24

  • TI-2025-01793 MapPress Maps for WordPress < 2.94.9 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2023-05979 MapPress Maps for WordPress <= 2.88.13 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
  • TI-2024-00382 MapPress Maps for WordPress < 2.88.15 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2024-00383 MapPress Maps for WordPress < 2.88.16 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Private/Draft Post Disclosure CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2025-01894 MapPress Maps for WordPress < 2.94.10 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
  • TI-2024-07996 MapPress Maps for WordPress < 2.93 - Admin+ Stored XSS via Map Settings CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
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Sources