CVE-2024-9224
Hello World <= 2.1.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Read
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.5 Medium
- Published
- Oct 1, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 26, 2024
Description
The Hello World plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Reading in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.1 via the hello_world_lyric() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Hello Worldkau-boy |
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References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2f58df1f-66f7-4e3d-af6d-08174653a2ad?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hello-world/tags/2.1.1/hello-world.php#L35
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hello-world/tags/2.1.1/hello-world.php#L113
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3161773/
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