CVE-2021-24230

HIGH

Patreon WordPress < 1.7.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via User Metadata Overwrite

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1
EPSS 0.0060
EPSS Percentile 44.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-352
Status published
Products (1)
patreon/patreon_wordpress < 1.7.0
Published Apr 12, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026