Friends <= 2.8.5 - Authenticated (Admin+) Blind Server-Side Request Forgery
Priority LOW 25CWE-918Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00459 39th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-1978
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xq36-jhc6-fxw2
References
Patch 2
More akirk vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-11159 Friends <= 3.2.1 - Missing Authorization CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2024-1978 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-1978 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xq36-jhc6-fxw2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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