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CVE-2024-1978

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

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 29, 2024 at 06:47 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:05 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFriendsFriends

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Friends· Alex Kirkwordpress-plugin
95%
v < 2.8.6
Affected range stops below 2.8.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Friends· Akirkwordpress-plugin
60%
v ≤ 2.8.5

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (3)

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

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.5MEDIUMWordfence
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-918

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