CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-2945
2.7 LOW
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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])
- 2.7 LOW — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• connekthq ajax load more (<= 5.5.3)
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, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8957413c-95e0-49c8-ba8a-02b9b5141e08?source=cve www.wordfence.com
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2945 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, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8957413c-95e0-49c8-ba8a-02b9b5141e08?source=cve www.wordfence.com
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2945 Third Party Advisory