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CVE-2024-9224

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-9224 is an Arbitrary File Reading vulnerability affecting all versions of the Hello World WordPress plugin up to and including 2.1.1. This allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access to read arbitrary server files, potentially exposing sensitive information. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium) due to its low attack complexity and high confidentiality impact. Currently, there is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kau-boys:hello_world:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0146 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 21,977 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org / browser/hello-world/tags/2.1.1/hello-world.php
Product
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / browser/hello-world/tags/2.1.1/hello-world.php
Product
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / changeset/3161773
wordfence.com / threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2f58df1f-66f7-4e3d-af6d-08174653a2ad
Third Party Advisory