CVE-2023-6627 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The WP Go Maps (formerly WP Google Maps) WordPress plugin before 9.0.28 does not properly protect most of its REST API routes, which attackers can abuse to store malicious HTML/Javascript on the site.

Published: 2024-01-08

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 1.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

WP Go Maps (formerly WP Google Maps)

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 9.0.28

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:codecabin:wp_go_maps:*:*:*:*:basic:wordpress:*:*

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No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-58850	The WP Go Maps (formerly WP Google Maps) WordPress plugin before 9.0.28 does not properly protect most of its REST API routes, which attackers can abuse to store malicious HTML/Javascript on the site.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01157.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/blog/stored-xss-fixed-in-wp-go-maps-9-0-28/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f5687d0e-98ca-4449-98d6-7170c97c8f54

History

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Codecabin Wp Go Maps

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-01-08T19:00:30.023Z

Updated: 2025-06-18T16:53:01.945Z

Reserved: 2023-12-08T15:28:39.115Z

Link: CVE-2023-6627

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:35:14.892Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-08T19:15:10.460

Modified: 2025-06-18T17:15:27.567

Link: CVE-2023-6627

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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