Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load: A security weakness
Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load is affected by a security weakness. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load
- Plugin slug
ajax-load-more- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jan 31, 2026
This CVE was published Jan 31, 2026 and is one of 14 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to incorrect authorization on the parse_custom_args() function in all versions up to, and including, 7.8.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to expose the titles and excerpts of private, draft, pending, scheduled, and trashed posts.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N