CVE-2024-9224 Information

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 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

6.5