CVE-2024-8505
WordPress Infinite Scroll - Ajax Load More <= 7.1.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via button_label Parameter
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.4 Medium
- Published
- Oct 2, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 5, 2024
Description
The WordPress Infinite Scroll – Ajax Load More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘button_label’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 7.1.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.4 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-87 Improper Neutralization of Alternate XSS Syntax
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Loaddcooney |
|
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ca29158a-ca60-46c7-93a5-bcf76e7666e4?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ajax-load-more/trunk/core/classes/class-alm-shortcode.php
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/ajax-load-more/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3160896/
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