CVE•Published 2026-08-07•Modified 2026-08-26•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-16263
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
27
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 73% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
The WP Maps WordPress plugin before 4.9.7 does not perform a capability check in one of its AJAX actions and does not properly validate a user-controlled path before using it in a file inclusion, allowing users with a Subscriber account to include and execute arbitrary existing local PHP files on the server.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-07
Modified 2026-08-26
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-16263Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-16263Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-16263Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-16263GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-16263" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (4)
CVE-2026-162634 repos
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