interactivegeomaps MapGeo Plugin up to 1.6.27 on WordPress Shortcode display-map cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in interactivegeomaps MapGeo Plugin up to 1.6.27 on WordPress. It has been declared as problematic. The impacted element is the function display-map of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation of the argument map results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-15345. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in interactivegeomaps MapGeo Plugin up to 1.6.27 on WordPress. Affected is the function display-map of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation of the argument map with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

The MapGeo – Interactive Geo Maps plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'map' parameter in the display-map shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.27 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

The weakness was published by Dmitrii Ignatyev. The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-15345 since 12/30/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 1.6.27 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• WordPress Plugin

Vendor

• interactivegeomaps

Name

• MapGeo Plugin

Version

• 1.6.0
• 1.6.1
• 1.6.2
• 1.6.3
• 1.6.4
• 1.6.5
• 1.6.6
• 1.6.7
• 1.6.8
• 1.6.9
• 1.6.10
• 1.6.11
• 1.6.12
• 1.6.13
• 1.6.14
• 1.6.15
• 1.6.16
• 1.6.17
• 1.6.18
• 1.6.19
• 1.6.20
• 1.6.21
• 1.6.22
• 1.6.23
• 1.6.24
• 1.6.25
• 1.6.26
• 1.6.27

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