Vulnerability · Published May 18, 2026 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2026-6495Ajax Load More < 7.8.4 - Reflected XSS

High 7.1

In plain English

A high-severity cross-site scripting in Ajax Load More from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 31% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.1High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 69.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack tooling1Nuclei

Official description

The Ajax Load More WordPress plugin before 7.8.4 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	Ajax Load More	0 – before 7.8.4

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c52f28c5-547d-48ae-89dd-edcdaeadcec5/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description