CVE-2021-24230
What it is
The Jetpack Scan team identified a Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability in the Patreon WordPress plugin before 1.7.0, allowing attackers to make a logged in user overwrite or create arbitrary user metadata on the victim’s account once visited. If exploited, this bug can be used to overwrite the “wp_capabilities” meta, which contains the affected user account’s roles and privileges. Doing this would essentially lock them out of the site, blocking them from accessing paid content.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in, but needs a user to act. High risk of data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- ReservedThe CVE id was reserved by its CNA
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.6% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 8.1 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.6% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-352 · Cross-site request forgery
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Patreon WordPress < 1.7.0
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 8.1
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
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References
- https://jetpack.com/2021/03/26/vulnerabilities-found-in-patreon-wordpress-plugin/
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2deefa2d-3043-42e5-afef-a42c37703531
- https://jetpack.com/2021/03/26/vulnerabilities-found-in-patreon-wordpress-plugin/
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2deefa2d-3043-42e5-afef-a42c37703531