Vulnerability · Published Apr 9, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-1790Ajax Load More <= 7.0.1 - Authenticated (Admin+) Directory Traversal to 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. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 58% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The WordPress Infinite Scroll – Ajax Load More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 7.0.1 via the 'type' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information. This is limited to Windows instances.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| dcooney | Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load | 0 – through 7.0.1 |
Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/86090ab4-9f1d-4a92-a302-118524a5ffaa?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ajax-load-more/trunk/admin/functions/layouts.php#L14
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3056137/ajax-load-more/tags/7.1.0/core/functions.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3056137/ajax-load-more/tags/7.1.0/admin/functions/layouts.php