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CVE-2024-10040

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-10040 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting all versions up to and including 2.6.2 of the Infinite-Scroll plugin for WordPress. This flaw stems from inadequate nonce validation in the process_ajax_edit and process_ajax_delete functions, allowing unauthenticated attackers to modify plugin settings. With a CVSS score of 4.3 (MEDIUM), successful exploitation requires an administrator to click a malicious link, leading to potential unauthorized changes to plugin configurations. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:infinite-scroll:infinite-scroll:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
16.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0025 is in the 17th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org / browser/infinite-scroll/trunk/includes/presets.php
Product
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / browser/infinite-scroll/trunk/includes/presets.php
Broken Link
wordfence.com / threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4045575a-35f0-46e5-afb7-93eee9be3a97
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