CVE-2025-2055 MapPress Maps for WordPress < 2.94.9 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Contributors can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized parameters in MapPress Maps, potentially compromising user sessions.
- 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-2025-2055?
CVE-2025-2055 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown MapPress Maps for WordPress, published on 3 Apr 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 2.94.9 does not sanitise and escape some parameters when outputing them in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-2055?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mappresspro Mappress.
How do I fix CVE-2025-2055?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-2055 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-2025-2055 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-2055 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-2024-10715 MapPress Maps for WordPress <= 2.94.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Map Block
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wh3v-xmpm-9x73.