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Improper Neutralization of Alternate XSS Syntax

CVE-2024-8505

Medium
6.4/10

Summary

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.

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CWE-87 - Improper Neutralization of Alternate XSS Syntax

The software does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controlled input for alternate script syntax.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published