Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 1, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-9224
CVE-2024-9224
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.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:kau-boys:hello_world:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:kau-boys:hello_world:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*range: <2.2.0
- (no CPE)range: <=2.1.1
Patches
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References
4- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2f58df1f-66f7-4e3d-af6d-08174653a2adnvdThird Party Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hello-world/tags/2.1.1/hello-world.phpnvdProduct
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hello-world/tags/2.1.1/hello-world.phpnvdProduct
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3161773/nvd
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