What is CVE-2024-10040?

CVE-2024-10040 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Infinite-Scroll, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-10-18.

How severe is CVE-2024-10040?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-10040 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CSRF in Infinite-Scroll

CVE-2024-10040

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.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.002 (16.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Infinite-scroll
Paulirish-1 Infinite-scroll — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-10040?: CVE-2024-10040 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Infinite-Scroll, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-10-18.
How severe is CVE-2024-10040?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-10040 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.