🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2023-5315

HIGH 8.8

Google Maps made Simple <= 0.6 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via Shortcode

CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The Google Maps made Simple plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the plugin's shortcode in versions up to, and including, 0.6 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber-level and above permissions to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

CWE CWE-89
Vendor mschwar
Product google maps made simple
Published Oct 30, 2023
Last Updated Apr 8, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

mschwar / Google Maps made Simple
0 ≤ 0.6

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/262db9aa-0db5-48cd-a85b-3e6302e88a42?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-gmappity-easy-google-maps/tags/0.6/wpgmappity-metadata.php#L127

Credits

István Márton