Vulnerability · Published Oct 1, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-9224Hello World <= 2.1.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Read
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity path traversal in Hello World from kau-boy. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.5% (higher than 74% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| kau-boy | Hello World | 0 – through 2.1.1 |
Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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/