Vulnerability · Published Feb 29, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2024-1978Friends <= 2.8.5 - Authenticated (Admin+) Blind Server-Side Request Forgery

Medium 5.5

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A medium-severity server-side request forgery in Friends from akirk. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 60.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
akirk	Friends	0 – through 2.8.5

Weakness: CWE-918 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Affected products (as reported)

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