CVE-2024-1790

Ajax Load More <= 7.0.1 - Authenticated (Admin+) Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Read

MEDIUM
4.9
CVSS Score
Published: April 9, 2024 at 06:59 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:05 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAjax Load More

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Severity
MEDIUM4.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Ajax Load More· Dcooneywordpress-plugin
60%
v ≤ 7.0.1

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

4.9MEDIUMWordfence
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-22

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