Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Dec 6, 2024· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2024-12028

Description

The Friends plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on several REST API endpoints in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to send arbitrary friend requests on behalf of another website, accept the friend request for the targeted website, and then communicate with the site as an accepted friend.

Affected products

WordPress/Friendsreferences
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/friends
osv-coords2 versions
pkg:bitnami/wordpress pkg:bitnami/wordpress-multisite
< 3.2.2+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.2

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvd
wordpress.org/plugins/friends/nvd
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/980b16d4-3c4a-4ed1-af46-f39f3ec6dd19nvd

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