CVE-2024-9224

MEDIUM EPSS 69.0%
Published Oct 1, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
6.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Oct 1, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
6.5
Exploitability
2.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity None
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
69.0% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-22 Path Traversal Resource Mgmt

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
kau-boyshello_world* <2.2.0

References 4

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hello-world/tags/2.1.1/hello-world.php#L113
    Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hello-world/tags/2.1.1/hello-world.php#L35
    Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3161773/
  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2f58df1f-66f7-4e3d-af6d-08174653a2ad?source=cve
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.