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WP Maps Pro bug exploited to create admin accounts on WordPress sites

ID: 8903cdb1-92e1-5a4f-b78c-9b273de2d13f

STIX ID: report--8903cdb1-92e1-5a4f-b78c-9b273de2d13f

Feed Name: Bleeping Computer

Threat Score
80/100

Date Published: 2026-05-31

Date Updated: 2026-05-31

Author: Bill Toulas

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**WP Maps Pro critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-8732) allows unauthenticated attackers to create rogue administrator accounts and generate passwordless login URLs via an exposed temporary-access AJAX endpoint; researchers observed thousands of blocked exploitation attempts and the vendor released a patched version 6.1.1—site administrators should update immediately.**

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