CVE-2024-1978

Friends <= 2.8.5 - Authenticated (Admin+) Blind Server-Side Request Forgery

State
Published
Severity
5.5 Medium
Published
Feb 29, 2024
Updated
Apr 8, 2026
Reserved
Feb 28, 2024

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Description

The Friends plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.5 via the discover_available_feeds function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NWordfence

Weaknesses

  • CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Friendsakirk
  • 2.8.5 and earlierAffected

References

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