What is CVE-2026-16265?

CVE-2026-16265 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wp Maps, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-08-07.

How severe is CVE-2026-16265?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Wp Maps

CVE-2026-16265

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 ex…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Unknown Wp Maps — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

contact@wpscan.com (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-16265?: CVE-2026-16265 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wp Maps, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-08-07.
How severe is CVE-2026-16265?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.