Server-Side Request Forgery Vulnerability in Friends Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2024-1978

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Friends
Vendor
CVE Published:
29 February 2024

What is 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.

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Affected Version(s)

Friends * <= 2.8.5

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://github.com/akirk/friends/pull/290
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Francisco Gutierrez
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