WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Patreon WordPress < 1.7.2 - Reflected XSS on patreon_save_attachment_patreon_level AJAX action

Description

The Jetpack Scan team identified a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the patreon_save_attachment_patreon_level AJAX action of the plugin. This AJAX hook is used to update the pledge level required by Patreon subscribers to access a given attachment. This action is accessible for user accounts with the ‘manage_options’ privilege (i.e.., only administrators). Unfortunately, one of the parameters used in this AJAX endpoint is not sanitized before being printed back to the user, so the risk it represents is the same as the previous XSS vulnerability.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 1.7.2

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE
CVSS

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
George Stephanis, Fioravante Souza, Miguel Neto, Benedict Singer and Marc Montpas
Submitter
Marc Montpas
Submitter website
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2021-03-26 (about 3 years ago)
Added
2021-03-26 (about 3 years ago)
Last Updated
2021-03-28 (about 3 years ago)

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