MapPress Maps for WordPress <= 2.96.6 - Unauthenticated Insecure Direct Object Reference via REST API Endpoints
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
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chrisvrichardson | MapPress Maps for WordPress | up to 2.96.6 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- 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.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-8839
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4m8c-59q5-hc8f
References
Other 24
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9f402aa7-24d6-448b-a1d3-5ee7c90b39bc?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/tags/2.95.10/mappress_api.php#L328
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/tags/2.96.6/mappress_api.php#L328
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/tags/2.96.6/mappress_api.php#L90
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/tags/2.96.6/mappress_api.php#L268
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/tags/2.96.6/mappress_api.php#L39
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/tags/2.96.6/mappress_api.php#L253
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/tags/2.96.6/mappress_api.php#L50
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/tags/2.96.6/mappress_api.php#L75
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/tags/2.96.6/mappress_map.php#L239
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/tags/2.96.6/mappress_map.php#L493
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/tags/2.96.6/mappress_map.php#L379
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/tags/2.96.6/mappress_map.php#L550
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/tags/2.95.10/mappress_api.php#L90
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/tags/2.95.10/mappress_api.php#L268
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/tags/2.95.10/mappress_api.php#L39
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/tags/2.95.10/mappress_api.php#L253
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/tags/2.95.10/mappress_api.php#L50
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/tags/2.95.10/mappress_api.php#L75
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/tags/2.95.10/mappress_map.php#L239
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/tags/2.95.10/mappress_map.php#L493
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/tags/2.95.10/mappress_map.php#L379
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/tags/2.95.10/mappress_map.php#L550
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/tags/2.96.6&new_path=/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/tags/2.97.1
More chrisvrichardson vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2026-8839 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-8839 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4m8c-59q5-hc8f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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