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CVE-2024-1790

Published: Apr 9, 2024

Modified: Apr 8, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

4.9

MEDIUM

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
dcooney	Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load	affected `0 - <= 7.0.1`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

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

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