Incorrect authorization in dcooney Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-863.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-15525
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r5qp-5ph7-4xww
References
More dcooney vulnerabilities
- TI-2015-08068 Ajax Load More < 2.8.1.2 - Subscriber+ File Upload & Deletion CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-04081 WordPress Infinite Scroll - Ajax Load More < 5.6.0.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2022-02721 WordPress Infinite Scroll – Ajax Load More <= 5.5.3 - Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Read CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.9
- TI-2022-02247 WordPress Infinite Scroll – Ajax Load More <= 5.5.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to PHAR Deserialization CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-00802 Instant Images <= 6.1.0 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary Options Update CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-12183 WordPress Instant Images Plugin <= 5.1.0.2 is vulnerable to Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-15525 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-15525 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-r5qp-5ph7-4xww · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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