Is Ajax Load More safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version

The Ajax Load More WordPress plugin before 8.0.1 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL query, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform time-based blind SQL injection and extract sensitive data from the database.

The WordPress Infinite Scroll – Ajax Load More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 7.0.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

The Ajax Load More WordPress plugin before 7.8.4 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

The Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to incorrect authorization on the parse_custom_args() function in all versions up to, and including, 7.8.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to expose the titles and excerpts of private, draft, pending, scheduled, and trashed posts.

Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere vulnerability in Darren Cooney Ajax Load More ajax-load-more allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data.This issue affects Ajax Load More: from n/a through <= 7.6.0.2.

The Ajax Load More plugin before 2.8.1.2 does not have authorisation in some of its AJAX actions, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber, to upload and delete arbitrary files.

The WordPress Infinite Scroll – Ajax Load More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the data-button-label HTML attribute in all versions up to, and including, 7.4.0.1 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.

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Darren Cooney Ajax Load More ajax-load-more allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Ajax Load More: from n/a through <= 7.3.1.2.

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.

The WordPress Infinite Scroll – Ajax Load More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ajax_load_more shortcode in versions up to, and including, 7.1.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

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.

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Darren Cooney WordPress Infinite Scroll – Ajax Load More allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WordPress Infinite Scroll – Ajax Load More: from n/a through 6.1.0.1.

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.

The WordPress Infinite Scroll – Ajax Load More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in versions up to, and including, 5.5.3 via the 'type' parameter found in the alm_get_layout() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrative permissions, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

The WordPress Infinite Scroll – Ajax Load More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to deserialization of untrusted input via the 'alm_repeaters_export' parameter in versions up to, and including 5.5.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated users to call files using a PHAR wrapper, granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link, that will deserialize and call arbitrary PHP Objects that can be used to perform a variety of malicious actions granted a POP chain is also present. It also requires that the attacker is successful in uploading a file with the serialized payload.

Unvalidated input in the Ajax Load More WordPress plugin, versions before 5.3.2, lead to SQL Injection in POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with param repeater=' or sleep(5)#&type=test.