CVE-2025-4775 WordPress Infinite Scroll – Ajax Load More <= 7.4.0.1 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via the data-button-label attribute, leading to stored XSS execution for other users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-4775?
CVE-2025-4775 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in dcooney Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load, published on 17 Jun 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-4775?
How do I fix CVE-2025-4775?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4775 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-2025-4775 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4775 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8f99-8499-8v6g.