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CVE-2022-29453

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-29453 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the API KEY for Google Maps WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to 1.2.1. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to update the Google Maps API key if a logged-in administrator is tricked into clicking a malicious link. Rated with a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and has a low impact on integrity (I:L), with no confidentiality or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ayecode:api_key_for_google_maps:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
34.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0042 is in the 36th percentile among its peer group of 26,221 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

patchstack.com / database/vulnerability/api-key-for-google-maps/wordpress-api-key-for-google-maps-plugin-1-2-1-csrf-vulnerability-leading-to-google-maps-api-key-update
Third Party Advisory
wordpress.org / plugins/api-key-for-google-maps
Release NotesThird Party Advisory