CVE-2024-1978

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

5.5 Medium

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: High
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.46%Up 0.4 points since Feb 29, 2024

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.5

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

Record: CVE-2024-1978
CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-918
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2024-17695 5.5

Record: EUVD-2024-17695
CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xq36-jhc6-fxw2 5.5

The Friends plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up...

Record: GHSA-xq36-jhc6-fxw2
CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-918
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 5.5

Record: CVE-2024-1978
CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-918
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 5.5

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

Record: CVE-2024-1978
CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-918
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2024-1978 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Akirk Friends, published February 29, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.46%, the 39th percentile. No source names a fixed version.