CVE-2022-2945

low

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.

References

https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2945

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8957413c-95e0-49c8-ba8a-02b9b5141e08?source=cve

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/ajax-load-more/tags/5.5.4/README.txt

https://gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/f9a4b4838154854ec6cde7d5deb76bf9

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-09-06

Updated: 2024-01-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 2.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low