WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Patreon WordPress < 1.7.0 - CSRF to Overwrite/Create User Meta

Description

The Jetpack Scan team identified a Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability in the plugin, 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.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 1.7.0

References

Classification

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
2021-04-21 (about 3 years ago)

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