CVE-2021-24228 is a critical Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability found in the Patreon WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.7.2. The flaw allows unsanitized user-controlled input to be reflected on the wp-login.php page, enabling attackers to inject malicious scripts. With a CVSS score of 9.6, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:patreon:patreon_wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.8 Bluesky, 0.5 Mastodon, and 1.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.