{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-16265 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-16265 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-16265 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Unknown WP Maps, published on 7 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-16265 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-16265 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Unknown WP Maps, published on 7 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-16265 exists.\n\nAffected product: Unknown WP Maps. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-16265/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-16265/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-16265","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-16265/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-16265","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-29w4-w235-2pmp"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Subscribers can trigger uncontrolled recursion in WP Maps, causing server resource exhaustion and denial of service.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"denial_of_service"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"WPScan","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":6.5,"severity":"medium","source":"cisa-adp","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-400","name":"Uncontrolled Resource Consumption"}],"description":"The WP Maps  WordPress plugin before 4.9.7 does not perform a capability check in one of its AJAX actions and does not restrict the operation it dispatches, allowing users with a Subscriber account to trigger uncontrolled recursion that exhausts server resources, resulting in a Denial of Service.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":"2026-09-18","github_poc":1,"max_poc_stars":0,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2026-09-18T16:44:59Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/ghoxtbyte/CVE-2026-16265","stars":0,"title":"Security advisory and research notes for CVE-2026-16265 affecting the WP Maps WordPress plugin."}],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"WP Maps \u003c 4.9.7 - Subscriber+ Denial of Service","id":"CVE-2026-16265","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"denial_of_service","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Other in mongo-object","id":"CVE-2026-16266"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Newsletters \u003c 4.18.1 - Unauthenticated Subscriber Record Overwrite and PII Disclosure via IDOR","id":"CVE-2026-16264"},"products":["WP Maps"],"published":"2026-08-07","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0","name":"PoC-in-GitHub"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-08-07","vendors":["Unknown"]},"summary":"Subscribers can trigger uncontrolled recursion in WP Maps, causing server resource exhaustion and denial of service.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-16265/"}