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

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Summary

CVECVE-2024-1978
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerWordfence
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2024-02-29 07:15:06 UTC
Updated2026-04-08 18:20:54 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-918 | CWE-918 CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary5.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
3.1CNADECLARED5.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Alex.kirk Friends All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Akirk Friends affected 2.8.5 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/72e1fbce-86ae-4518-a613-7c322... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wordfence.com Third Party Advisory
github.com/akirk/friends/pull/290 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 plugins.trac.wordpress.org Patch
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Francisco Gutierrez (en)

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
CNA2024-02-28T00:00:00.000ZDisclosed
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