FKIE_CVE-2024-9224

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-10-01 09:15 - Updated: 2026-04-08 17:19
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
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.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hello-world/tags/2.1.1/hello-world.php#L113Product
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hello-world/tags/2.1.1/hello-world.php#L35Product
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3161773/
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2f58df1f-66f7-4e3d-af6d-08174653a2ad?source=cveThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
kau-boys hello_world *
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  "lastModified": "2026-04-08T17:19:43.797",
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