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.
The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor.
| Link | Tags |
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| https://jetpack.com/2021/03/26/vulnerabilities-found-in-patreon-wordpress-plugin/ | third party advisory exploit |
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2deefa2d-3043-42e5-afef-a42c37703531 | third party advisory |