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GHSA-5FC6-7WPW-JRM9

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-09-07 00:01 – Updated: 2023-07-20 18:33

Details

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.

Severity ?

4.9 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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CVE-2022-2943 (GCVE-0-2022-2943)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-06 17:19 – Updated: 2025-05-05 16:17

Summary

Severity ?

4.9 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWE

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

Assigner

Wordfence

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
	https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/ajax-load-more/…
	https://gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/f9a4b483815485…
	https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisorie…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	connekthq	WordPress Infinite Scroll – Ajax Load More	Affected: * , ≤ 5.5.3 (semver)

Credits

Muhammad Zeeshan

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
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Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-5FC6-7WPW-JRM9

CVE-2022-2943 (GCVE-0-2022-2943)

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