High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published May 29, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-12675

Description

The mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress plugin before 2.54.6 for WordPress does not correctly implement capability checks for AJAX functions related to creation/retrieval/deletion of PHP template files, leading to Remote Code Execution. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-12077.

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Affected products

WordPress/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpressdescription
WordPress/Google Maps For Wordpressllm-fuzzy
Range: <2.54.6
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-maps-for-wordpress

Patches

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References

blog.alertlogic.com/alert-logic-threat-research-team-identifies-new-vulnerability-cve-2020-12675-in-mappress-plugin-for-wordpress/nvdThird Party Advisory
wordpress.org/plugins/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/nvdProduct

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