CVE-2022-47595 — Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') v

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in WP Go Maps (formerly WP Google Maps) plugin <= 9.0.15 versions.

01What is this vulnerability?

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in WP Go Maps (formerly WP Google Maps) plugin <= 9.0.15 versions.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
WP Go Maps	WP Go Maps (formerly WP Google Maps)	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-03-14T06:27:58.886Z
• Last modified: 2025-01-13T15:53:21.877Z

09References

• patchstack.com — https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wp-google-maps/wordpress-wp-go-map…