PT-2024-39503 · WordPress · Hello World

Muhammad Yudha + 1 · Published 2024-10-01 · Updated 2024-10-07 · CVE-2024-9224

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Hello World plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.1.1

Description The issue allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access and above to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information, via the hello world lyric() function.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 2.1.1, consider disabling the hello world lyric() function until a patch is available to prevent exploitation.

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-9224

Affected Products

Hello World

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9224 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9224 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1841036692838637759 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/96657 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hello-world/tags/2.1.1/hello-world.php#L113 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hello-world/tags/2.1.1/hello-world.php#L35 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2f58df1f-66f7-4e3d-af6d-08174653a2ad?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1841075312236318834 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/6728 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3161773 · Note