cve-2022-2943
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-09-06 17:19
Modified
2025-05-05 16:17
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 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.
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
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6d643d07-7533-430b-a1d8-8e66a2a2c5e6?source=cveThird Party Advisory
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2943Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/f9a4b4838154854ec6cde7d5deb76bf9Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/ajax-load-more/tags/5.5.4/README.txtRelease Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6d643d07-7533-430b-a1d8-8e66a2a2c5e6?source=cveThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2943Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
connekthqWordPress Infinite Scroll – Ajax Load More
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