Patreon WordPress <= 1.8.1 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

5.5
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-25026
CVSS 5.5 (Medium)
Publicly Published February 20, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher José Aguilera

Description

The Patreon WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 1.8.1 due to insufficient privilege handling. This makes it possible for high-privilege users attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in a victim's browser even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

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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 1.8.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 1.8.2
Patched Version
  • 1.8.2

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