CVE-2024-9224

Oct. 1, 2024, 9:15 a.m.

Received
CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

Products

WordPress Hello World plugin

  • up to 2.1.1

Source

security@wordfence.com

Tags

CVE-2024-9224 details

Published : Oct. 1, 2024, 9:15 a.m.
Last Modified : Oct. 1, 2024, 9:15 a.m.

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 Score

1 2 3 4 5 6.5 7 8 9 10

Weakness

Weakness Name Description
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.

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

6.5

Exploitability Score

2.8

Impact Score

3.6

Base Severity

MEDIUM

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