{"id":8278,"date":"2026-06-01T10:12:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T10:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/critical-wp-maps-pro-flaw-actively-exploited-to-create-admin-accounts\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T10:12:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T10:12:44","slug":"critical-wp-maps-pro-flaw-actively-exploited-to-create-admin-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/critical-wp-maps-pro-flaw-actively-exploited-to-create-admin-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"Critical WP Maps Pro Flaw Actively Exploited to Create Admin Accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bThreat actors are attempting to actively exploit a critical security flaw impacting WP Maps Pro, a WordPress plugin that has had over 15,000 sales on the Envato Market, to create malicious administrator accounts on susceptible sites.<\/p>\n<p>WP Maps Pro allows site owners to embed customizable Google Maps and OpenStreetMap with markers, listings, and advanced location features on WordPress sites. It is\u00a0Threat actors are attempting to actively exploit a critical security flaw impacting WP Maps Pro, a WordPress plugin that has had over 15,000 sales on the Envato Market, to create malicious administrator accounts on susceptible sites.<\/p>\n<p>WP Maps Pro allows site owners to embed customizable Google Maps and OpenStreetMap with markers, listings, and advanced location features on WordPress sites. It is\u00a0\u00a0The Hacker News<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bThreat actors are attempting to actively exploit a critical security flaw impacting WP Maps Pro, a WordPress plugin that has had over 15,000 sales on the Envato Market, to create malicious administrator accounts on susceptible sites. WP Maps Pro allows site owners to embed customizable Google Maps and OpenStreetMap with markers, listings, and advanced location&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/critical-wp-maps-pro-flaw-actively-exploited-to-create-admin-accounts\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Critical WP Maps Pro Flaw Actively Exploited to Create Admin Accounts<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8278"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}