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CVE-2024-9224

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Published: Oct 1, 2024Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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6.5
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 3.6
Source: security@wordfence.com (Secondary)

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 (1)

Kau Boys
1 product
Hello World
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Hello World
Before 2.2.0

Related CWEs

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

References (4)

Source: security@wordfence.com
Product
Source: security@wordfence.com
Product
Source: security@wordfence.com
Source: security@wordfence.com
Third Party Advisory

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