WordPress CVEs

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 WordPress components

• Hello World Plugin · hello-world
  Confirmed match Active
  Up to and including 2.1.1
  View on WordPress.org

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

• kau-boy Hello World — Up to and including 2.1.1
• kau-boys hello_world — Before 2.2.0

References

• plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hello-world/tags/2.1.1/hello-world.php#L113 Product
• plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hello-world/tags/2.1.1/hello-world.php#L35 Product
• plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3161773/
• www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2f58df1f-66f7-4e3d-af6d-08174653a2ad?source=cve Third Party Advisory
• nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record