CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-2943
4.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-09-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
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.
Affected configurations
• connekthq ajax load more (< 5.5.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- https://gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/f9a4b4838154854ec6cde7d5deb76bf9 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/ajax-load-more/tags/5.5.4/README.txt Release Notes
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6d643d07-7533-430b-a1d8-8e66a2a2c5e6?source=cve Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2943 Third Party Advisory
- https://gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/f9a4b4838154854ec6cde7d5deb76bf9 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/ajax-load-more/tags/5.5.4/README.txt Release Notes
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6d643d07-7533-430b-a1d8-8e66a2a2c5e6?source=cve Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2943 Third Party Advisory