Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 29, 2024· Updated Apr 8, 2026
CVE-2024-1978
CVE-2024-1978
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 products
1Patches
1d18e821ba35cVulnerability mechanics
Generated by null/stub on May 9, 2026. Inputs: CWE entries + fix-commit diffs from this CVE's patches. Citations validated against bundle.
References
3- github.com/akirk/friends/pull/290nvdPatch
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvdPatch
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/72e1fbce-86ae-4518-a613-7c322193acf4nvdThird Party Advisory
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