Vulnerability CVE-2024-10040
Published: 2024-10-18

Description:
The Infinite-Scroll plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the process_ajax_edit and process_ajax_delete function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make changes to plugin settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Type:

CWE-352

 (Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF))

 References:
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4045575a-35f0-46e5-afb7-93eee9be3a97?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/infinite-scroll/trunk/includes/presets.php#L252
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/infinite-scroll/trunk/includes/presets.php#L275
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