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

4.9MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 September 2022

What is CVE-2022-2943?

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 Version(s)

Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load 0 <= 5.5.3

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/ajax-load-more/tags/5.5...
https://gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/f9a4b4838154854ec6cde7...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.9
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Muhammad Zeeshan
.