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CVE-2022-2943
WordPress Infinite Scroll – Ajax Load More <= 5.5.3 - Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Read
Medium4.9EPSS 1.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Wordfence
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| WordfenceCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 22% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Weakness
Affected products
dcooney · Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load
- affected ≤ 5.5.3
References (4)
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6d643d07-7533-430b-a1d8-8e66a2a2c5e6?source=cve (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/ajax-load-more/tags/5.5.4/README.txt (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/f9a4b4838154854ec6cde7d5deb76bf9 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2943 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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