Ajax Load More Plugin up to 7.0.1 on WordPress path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Ajax Load More Plugin up to 7.0.1 on WordPress. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-1790. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Ajax Load More Plugin up to 7.0.1 on WordPress. Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The WordPress Infinite Scroll – Ajax Load More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 7.0.1 via the 'type' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information. This is limited to Windows instances.

The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-1790 since 02/22/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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03/26/2024 +33 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 3056137
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-1790 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-1790
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-257988

Entryinfo

Created: 03/26/2024 15:25
Updated: 04/14/2026 13:58
Changes: 03/26/2024 15:25 (51), 05/05/2024 01:38 (2), 05/05/2024 01:47 (12), 04/14/2026 13:58 (4)
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