title: Patreon WordPress < 1.7.0 - CSRF to Overwrite/Create User Meta
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.
problem types: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
affected:
{
product: Patreon WordPress
vendor: Unknown
versions:
lessThan: 1.7.0, status: affected, version: 1.7.0, versionType: custom
}