CVE-2022-2945
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-09-06 17:19
Modified
2024-08-03 00:52
Severity ?
4.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
The WordPress Infinite Scroll – Ajax Load More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in versions up to, and including, 5.5.3 via the 'type' parameter found in the alm_get_layout() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrative permissions, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/f9a4b4838154854ec6cde7d5deb76bf9Exploit, Third Party Advisory
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/ajax-load-more/tags/5.5.4/README.txtRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8957413c-95e0-49c8-ba8a-02b9b5141e08?source=cve
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2945Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
connekthqWordPress Infinite Scroll – Ajax Load More
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