CVE-2022-2945 WordPress Infinite Scroll – Ajax Load More <= 5.5.3 - Directory Traversal

What is CVE-2022-2945?

CVE-2022-2945 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in dcooney Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load, published on 6 Sep 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2945?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Connekthq Ajax Load More.

How do I fix CVE-2022-2945?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2945 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2022-2945 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2945 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in dcooney Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load

• CVE-2015-10140 Ajax Load More < 2.8.1.2 - Subscriber+ File Upload & Deletion High 8.8
• CVE-2022-2433 WordPress Infinite Scroll – Ajax Load More <= 5.5.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to PHAR Deserialization High 7.5
• CVE-2021-24140 Ajax Load More < 5.3.2 - Authenticated SQL Injection High 7.2
• CVE-2025-47630 WordPress Ajax Load More plugin <= 7.3.1.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability Medium 6.5
• CVE-2023-50874 WordPress Ajax Load More Plugin <= 6.1.0.1 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Medium 6.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-4hxj-w32p-g7j3.