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CVE-2021-25026: Patreon WordPress < 1.8.2 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-03-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Patreon WordPress plugin before 1.8.2 does not sanitise and escape the field "Custom Patreon Page name", which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

Affected products

• Patreon WordPress: before 1.8.2 — fixed in 1.8.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Patreon WordPress 1.8.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2682069
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/02756dd3-832a-4846-b9e1-a34f148b5cfe
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2682069
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/02756dd3-832a-4846-b9e1-a34f148b5cfe

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