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CVE-2024-4711: WordPress Infinite Scroll – Ajax Load More <= 7.1.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Cross-Site Scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-06-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

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.

Affected products

• dcooney Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load: before 7.1.2 — fixed in 7.1.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: dcooney Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load 7.1.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ajax-load-more/trunk/build/frontend/ajax-load-more.js
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ajax-load-more/trunk/core/classes/class-alm-shortcode.php#L1191
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3095200%40ajax-load-more&new=3095200%40ajax-load-more&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file3
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e86c080d-202c-4c41-b9cc-c35249aabba5?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ajax-load-more/trunk/build/frontend/ajax-load-more.js
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ajax-load-more/trunk/core/classes/class-alm-shortcode.php#L1191
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3095200%40ajax-load-more&new=3095200%40ajax-load-more&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file3
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e86c080d-202c-4c41-b9cc-c35249aabba5?source=cve

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