CVE-2022-2943 Information

Description

The WordPress Infinite Scroll – Ajax Load More plugin for Wordpress is vulnerable to arbitrary file reading in versions up to and including 5.5.3 due to insufficient file path validation on the alm_repeaters_export() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with administrative privileges to download arbitrary files hosted on the server that may contain sensitive content such as the wp-config.php file.

Reference

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/ajax-load-more/tags/5.5.4/README.txt https://gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/f9a4b4838154854ec6cde7d5deb76bf9 https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2943