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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-17515 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.
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History

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:45:00 +0000

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Title Ajax Load More <= 7.0.1 - Authenticated (Admin+) Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Read
Weaknesses CWE-22

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:04:42.348Z

Reserved: 2024-02-22T19:28:48.694Z

Link: CVE-2024-1790

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T18:48:21.984Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-04-09T19:15:19.267

Modified: 2026-04-08T18:20:49.920

Link: CVE-2024-1790

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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