CVE-2023-50874 WordPress Ajax Load More Plugin <= 6.1.0.1 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

What is CVE-2023-50874?

CVE-2023-50874 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Darren Cooney WordPress Infinite Scroll – Ajax Load More, published on 28 Dec 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-50874?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Connekthq Ajax Load More.

How do I fix CVE-2023-50874?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-50874 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2023-50874 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-50874 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Darren Cooney WordPress Infinite Scroll – Ajax Load More

• 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-2024-8505 Cross-site scripting in Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load Medium 6.4

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-997g-jcpq-8whg.