{"id":"CVE-2020-12077","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-12077","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:28:40.339Z","title":"The mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress plugin before 2.53.9 for WordPress does not correctly implement AJAX functions with nonces (or capability checks), leading to remote code execution.","description":"The mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress plugin before 2.53.9 for WordPress does not correctly implement AJAX functions with nonces (or capability checks), leading to remote code execution.","published":"2020-04-23T03:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:51:23.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-434"],"affected":["mappresspro/mappress"],"epss":{"score":0.05545,"percentile":0.92781,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.54%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://wordpress.org/plugins/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/#developers","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/04/critical-vulnerabilities-patched-in-mappress-maps-plugin/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://wordpress.org/plugins/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/#developers","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/04/critical-vulnerabilities-patched-in-mappress-maps-plugin/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12077","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}