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Unauthenticated user email disclosure in MapPress Maps for WordPress

Priority LOW 29CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

The MapPress Maps for WordPress plugin before 2.97.15 does not restrict whose user data its front-end map embed handler renders. An unauthenticated visitor can retrieve the email address and display name of any user on the site by enumerating user IDs, which is a sensitive information exposure (CWE-200). The source reports a public exploit link in its references.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-01

Description from the CNA

The MapPress WordPress plugin before 2.97.15 does not restrict which user's data its front-end map embed handler renders, allowing unauthenticated visitors to retrieve the email address and display name of any user on the site by enumerating user IDs.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00197 9th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix Fixed MapPress (Unknown): 2.97.15

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
UnknownMapPressbefore 2.97.152.97.15Patch availableCNA
  • MapPress VendorUnknown Affected before 2.97.15 Fixed in 2.97.15 Patch available CNA

Remediation

Update MapPress Maps for WordPress to version 2.97.15 or later, which fixes this issue. The sources list no other fixed versions for MapPress.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-01

  • Fix · CNA MapPress (Unknown) Fixed in 2.97.15

Timeline

  1. 2026-11-01 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-118168
  2. 2026-11-01 Alias added: GHSA-wfgm-582m-23r9
  3. 2026-11-01 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
  4. 2026-11-01 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
  5. 2026-11-01 CISA SSVC decision points changed

References

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