Mapplic and Mapplic Lite Plugins Vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery Attacks

CVE-2012-10018

What is CVE-2012-10018?

The Mapplic and Mapplic Lite plugins for WordPress exhibit a vulnerability that allows attackers to exploit Server-Side Request Forgery. This flaw occurs in versions up to and including 6.1 for Mapplic and up to version 1.0 for Mapplic Lite. By leveraging this vulnerability, an attacker can forge requests originating from a vulnerable site's server. If an SVG file is requested during this process, it may lead to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. Users of these plugins are advised to update to the latest versions to mitigate potential threats.

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