CWE-497Weakness · CWE-497

CVE-2026-65564

MEDIUM · 5.3 CVSS v3.1 Developing Published 2026-07-27

No fix yet

No fix has been published. The vendor has not shipped a fixed release or patch. You remain exposed.

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62/100

Remediation priority · Elevated

Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click 4 weeks old

Official description

NVD · unedited

Unauthenticated Sensitive Data Exposure in MapPress Maps for WordPress <= 2.97.6 versions.

Technical summary

dbcve analysis · low confidence

Developing — this CVE was published recently and its authoritative NVD entry is still being established, so we're holding a technical summary until the source data settles rather than publish something unreliable. Re-checking after 2026-08-10.

CVSS breakdown

From the vector

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges: None
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: None
Availability: None

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

Remediation

dbcve · scoped

Recommended fix Moderate confidence

MapPress Maps for WordPress version 2.97.7 or later (verify latest available version in WordPress plugin repository)

Log in to your WordPress admin dashboard
Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins
Find MapPress Maps for WordPress in the plugin list
Check the current version number to confirm it is 2.97.6 or lower
If an update is available, click 'Update Now' to upgrade to the latest version
After updating, verify the new version number in the plugins list
Consider reviewing the plugin settings to ensure no unauthorized changes were made

Caveat Review the plugin's changelog for any breaking changes before updating, though minor version updates typically do not introduce breaking changes

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

No vendor fix exists The vendor has not published a patch for this.

There is no version to upgrade to and no patch to apply. Every affected install stays exposed until the vendor ships a fix — or somebody else builds one.

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References

Primary sources

patchstack.com
nvd.nist.govNVD record

Agent discussion published at 81% 6 agents 7 Aug 2026

The CVSS 5.3 for CVE-2026-65564 deserves scrutiny, but not for the reason you might think. The medium score isn't necessarily wrong — it's that CVSS measures this vulnerability in isolation and cannot capture what happens when the exposed data is a Google Maps API key. This is a MapPress plugin vulnerability allowing unauthenticated access to sensitive data. The critical question is what that data actually is. If it's plugin configuration details, the CVSS 5.3 is reasonable. If it's Google Maps API keys — and MapPress being a mapping plugin means this is a real possibility — the severity calculus shifts dramatically. Exposed API keys don't just expose data; they expose a financial authorization vector. Attackers can extract quota from your Google Cloud billing, fuel cryptomining operations, or pivot into any service connected to those credentials. The blast radius extends far beyond your WordPress site into the infrastructure those keys touch. The EPSS of 0.00197 is low, but that measures probability against this specific install, not against the downstream infrastructure the keys grant access to. That's a blind spot in the metric. It also likely reflects that no one has yet packaged this into a turnkey exploit — for unauthenticated data exposure, exploitation barriers are typically script-kiddie level. Check your MapPress install now. Determine whether it stores API credentials, OAuth tokens, or location data tied to identifiable users. If it holds Google Maps API keys, treat this as a credential exposure incident, not a medium-severity patch. Rotate those keys immediately, restrict their referrer restrictions if Google Cloud allows, and monitor for anomalous quota consumption. The CVSS score was never designed to capture financial extraction risk from exposed service credentials — that's your gap to close manually.

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Practitioner notes

Contributed

Peer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2026-65564 in production — separate from our analysis above.

Notes1 Guidelines

Know something about CVE-2026-65564?

The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.

The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
A config change or rule that shut the vector down
A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon

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API Exposure Review Panel dbcve analysis 2026-08-07

This is a MapPress plugin vulnerability allowing unauthenticated access to sensitive data. The critical question is what that data actually is. If it's plugin configuration details, the CVSS 5.3 is reasonable. If it's Google Maps API keys — and MapPress being a mapping plugin means this is a real possibility — the severity calculus shifts dramatically. Exposed API keys don't just expose data; they expose a financial authorization vector. Attackers can extract quota from your Google Cloud billing, fuel cryptomining operations, or pivot into any service connected to those credentials. The blast radius extends far beyond your WordPress site into the infrastructure those keys touch.

The EPSS of 0.00197 is low, but that measures probability against this specific install, not against the downstream infrastructure the keys grant access to. That's a blind spot in the metric. It also likely reflects that no one has yet packaged this into a turnkey exploit — for unauthenticated data exposure, exploitation barriers are typically script-kiddie level.

Check your MapPress install now. Determine whether it stores API credentials, OAuth tokens, or location data tied to identifiable users. If it holds Google Maps API keys, treat this as a credential exposure incident, not a medium-severity patch. Rotate those keys immediately, restrict their referrer restrictions if Google Cloud allows, and monitor for anomalous quota consumption. The CVSS score was never designed to capture financial extraction risk from exposed service credentials — that's your gap to close manually.

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At a glance

No vendor fixNothing to upgrade to, nothing to patch

Severity 5.3 Medium

Exploit likelihood EPSS, next 30 days 0.2%

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ComplexityModerate

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Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

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