CVE-2024-8620 MapPress Maps for WordPress < 2.93 - Admin+ Stored XSS via Map Settings
Admins can inject malicious scripts via map settings in MapPress Maps for WordPress, enabling stored XSS attacks in multisite environments.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-8620?
CVE-2024-8620 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown MapPress Maps for WordPress, published on 15 May 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The MapPress Maps for WordPress plugin before 2.93 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8620?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mappresspro Mappress.
How do I fix CVE-2024-8620?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8620 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2024-8620 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-8620 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown MapPress Maps for WordPress
- CVE-2020-12675 File upload in n/a
- CVE-2020-12077 File upload in n/a
- CVE-2022-0537 MapPress Maps for WordPress < 2.73.13 - Admin+ File Upload to Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2023-26015 WordPress MapPress Maps for WordPress Plugin <= 2.85.4 is vulnerable to SQL Injection
- CVE-2025-2055 MapPress Maps for WordPress < 2.94.9 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6vhr-vrr2-gfrx.