CVE-2026-16263: Unknown Wp Maps

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The WP Maps WordPress plugin before 4.9.7 does not perform a capability check in one of its AJAX actions and does not properly validate a user-controlled path before using it in a file inclusion, allowing users with a Subscriber account to include and execute arbitrary existing local PHP files on the server.

Affected products

• Unknown Wp Maps: before 4.9.7 (fixed in 4.9.7)

Published 2026-08-07. Last modified 2026-08-26.