CVE-2024-1978

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.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/akirk/friends/pull/290	Patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3036987%40friends&new=3036987%40friends&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=	Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/72e1fbce-86ae-4518-a613-7c322193acf4?source=cve	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/akirk/friends/pull/290	Patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3036987%40friends&new=3036987%40friends&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=	Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/72e1fbce-86ae-4518-a613-7c322193acf4?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:alex.kirk:friends:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-02-29 07:15

Updated : 2025-08-01 02:01

NVD link : CVE-2024-1978

Mitre link : CVE-2024-1978

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-1978

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Products Affected

alex.kirk

friends

CWE

CWE-918

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

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