What is CVE-2018-20984?

CVE-2018-20984 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Patreon Patreon_wordpress, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-08-22.

How severe is CVE-2018-20984?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-20984 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deserialization in Patreon Patreon_wordpress

CVE-2018-20984

The patreon-connect plugin before 1.2.2 for WordPress has Object Injection.

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

EPSS: 0.020 (78.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Patreon Patreon_wordpress
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20984?: CVE-2018-20984 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Patreon Patreon_wordpress, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2018-20984?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-20984 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.