Vulnerability · Published Sep 6, 2022 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2022-2943WordPress Infinite Scroll – Ajax Load More <= 5.5.3 - Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Read

Medium 4.9

In plain English

A medium-severity path traversal in Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load from dcooney. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.7% (higher than 78% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.9Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.7%top 22.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The WordPress Infinite Scroll – Ajax Load More plugin for Wordpress is vulnerable to arbitrary file reading in versions up to, and including, 5.5.3 due to insufficient file path validation on the alm_repeaters_export() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrative privileges, to download arbitrary files hosted on the server that may contain sensitive content, such as the wp-config.php file.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
dcooney	Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load	0 – through 5.5.3

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Affected products (as reported)

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