CVE-2021-24230
Patreon WordPress CSRF User Privilege Escalation
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.
INFO
Published Date :
April 12, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
May 4, 2021, 3:01 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.2
Exploitability Score :
2.8
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2021-24230.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://jetpack.com/2021/03/26/vulnerabilities-found-in-patreon-wordpress-plugin/ | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2deefa2d-3043-42e5-afef-a42c37703531 | Third Party Advisory |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
May. 04, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 22, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed CWE WPScan CWE-79 Added CWE WPScan CWE-352 Removed CWE Reason CWE-79 / More specific CWE option available -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 14, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://jetpack.com/2021/03/26/vulnerabilities-found-in-patreon-wordpress-plugin/ No Types Assigned https://jetpack.com/2021/03/26/vulnerabilities-found-in-patreon-wordpress-plugin/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2deefa2d-3043-42e5-afef-a42c37703531 No Types Assigned https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2deefa2d-3043-42e5-afef-a42c37703531 Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-352 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:patreon:patreon_wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.7.0 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 12, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed 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_capabilitiesâ€? 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. 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.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-24230 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-24230
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.09 }} 0.00%
score
0.39001
percentile