CVE-2024-1790

Summary

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 Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-22: CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: partial

CVE Program Container

Additional 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

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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