Plugin Vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

CVE-2024-8505

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information

Vendor
Connekthq
Status
WordPress Infinite Scroll – Ajax Load More
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 October 2024

Summary

The WordPress Infinite Scroll – Ajax Load More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘button_label’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 7.1.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affected Version(s)

WordPress Infinite Scroll – Ajax Load More <= 7.1.2

Refferences

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ajax-load-more...
https://wordpress.org/plugins/ajax-load-more/#developers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3160896/

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database

Credit

Robert DeVore
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