Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in Ajax Load More Plugin by WordPress
CVE-2026-6495
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Key Information:
- Vendor
WordPress
- Status
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 18 May 2026
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👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC
What is CVE-2026-6495?
The Ajax Load More plugin for WordPress prior to version 7.8.4 contains a security flaw that allows attackers to exploit a failure in sanitizing and escaping parameters. This oversight facilitates a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting attack, which can particularly endanger high-privilege users, such as administrators. By leveraging this vulnerability, attackers can execute malicious scripts in the context of the users’ sessions, leading to potential account compromise and unauthorized actions.
Affected Version(s)
Ajax Load More 0 < 7.8.4
Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)
PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.