CVE-2025-15525 (GCVE-0-2025-15525)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-31 04:35 – Updated: 2026-01-31 04:35
VLAI?
Title
Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Lazy Load & Load More <= 7.8.1 - Incorrect Authorization to Unauthenticated Private/Draft Post Title and Excerpt Exposure
Summary
The Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to incorrect authorization on the parse_custom_args() function in all versions up to, and including, 7.8.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to expose the titles and excerpts of private, draft, pending, scheduled, and trashed posts.
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Assigner
Impacted products
Credits
Angus Girvan
Show details on NVD website

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