WP MapIt <= 2.7.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

Description

The WP MapIt plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'wp_mapit' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.54% · top 54% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.

Weakness

• CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-79 and its CVEs

Affected products

• phpwebdev · WP MapIt

  • affected ≤ 2.7.1

References (3)

• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7ef6f598-e1a7-4036-9485-1aad0416349a?source=cve (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mapit/tags/2.7.1/wp_mapit/classes/class.wp_mapit_map.php#L235 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mapit/trunk/wp_mapit/classes/class-wp-mapit-multipin-map.php?rev=3005523#L184 (opens in a new tab)

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2023-5658](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2023-5658.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2023-5658)

Record last updated 8 Apr 2026, 17:03 UTC.