Patreon WordPress < 1.7.0 - Local File Disclosure

7.5
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2021-24227
CVSS 7.5 (High)
Publicly Published March 26, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researchers George Stephanis
Fioravante Souza
Miguel Neto
Benedict Singer
Marc-Alexandre Montpas

Description

The Jetpack Scan team identified a Local File Disclosure vulnerability in the Patreon WordPress plugin before 1.7.0 that could be abused by anyone visiting the site. Using this attack vector, an attacker could leak important internal files like wp-config.php, which contains database credentials and cryptographic keys used in the generation of nonces and cookies.

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Vulnerability Details for Patreon WordPress

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug patreon-connect (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.7.0, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 1.7.0
Patched Version
  • 1.7.0

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