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CVE-2026-16263

Published
CVSS8.8
Severityhigh
WeaknessCWE-22
EPSS0.53%44.9th percentile
Exploited1 KEV source

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Called exploited 67 days after disclosure.

Measured from the CVE publication date to the earliest of 1 KEV catalogue that list it.

The life of this vulnerability

  1. CVE published
  2. First KEV listing2mo
  3. Last sightingsame day

Gaps are compressed to equal steps. The elapsed time is printed under each.

Which catalogues call it exploited

Sources1 of 3
Listings differ by—

This rests on a single catalogue. No second catalogue corroborates the claim that it is being exploited. CIRCL is an aggregator and is not counted.

Public exploitation evidence

1 public report collected from VulnCheck and CIRCL, first on Oct 13, 2026. Each links to its original source. We have not verified them.

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 properly validate a user-controlled path before using it in a file inclusion, allowing users with a Subscriber account to include and execute arbitrary existing local PHP files on the server.

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