CVE-2024-53780
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in rajeevglocify Load More Posts load-more-posts allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Load More Posts: from n/a through <= 1.5.0.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceA Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the rajeevglocify Load More Posts plugin (versions <= 1.5.0) allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into unknowingly submitting requests that result in Stored XSS. The lack of CSRF protection on the plugin's form submissions and AJAX endpoints enables malicious script injection that persists in the database.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify the Load More Posts plugin is installedCheck your WordPress plugins directory or admin panel for the 'rajeevglocify Load More Posts' pluginAffected if The plugin is present in the installation
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Determine the installed versionView the plugin header in the main plugin file (commonly plugin-name.php) or check the WordPress plugin admin page for the version numberAffected if The version is 1.5.0 or lower
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Confirm administrator access existsCheck if there are administrator-level user accounts on the WordPress siteAffected if Authenticated administrators exist on the site (required for the attack vector)
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Inspect database for suspicious stored contentSearch WordPress postmeta and options tables for script tags, javascript: URIs, or onerror/onload attributes that may have been injected via the plugin's AJAX endpointsAffected if Malicious script tags are found stored in the database associated with the plugin's functionality
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Review plugin AJAX endpoint accessibilityCheck the plugin's PHP files for admin-ajax.php or admin-post.php hooks that process form submissions without nonce verificationAffected if The plugin processes requests without CSRF token validation (requires code review of the plugin source)
You are affected if the Load More Posts plugin version is 1.5.0 or lower and your site has administrator accounts, as the lack of CSRF protection allows stored XSS injection through admin-triggered requests.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate the Load More Posts plugin to the latest version if a patch is available; otherwise, replace the plugin with a secure alternative or implement a custom patch that adds CSRF nonce validation to all form submissions and AJAX requests.
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-53780 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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