Hello World <= 2.1.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Read

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2024-9224
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published September 30, 2024
Last Updated October 4, 2024
Researcher Muhammad Yudha - DJ
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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug hello-world (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.1.1
Patched Version
  • 2.2.0
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