What is CVE-2024-1978?

CVE-2024-1978 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Akirk Friends, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-02-29.

How severe is CVE-2024-1978?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-1978 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

SSRF in Akirk Friends

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.

Vulnerability class: SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.005 (37.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Akirk Friends — versions 0
Alex.kirk Friends

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-918 — Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Patch)
security@wordfence.com (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-1978?: CVE-2024-1978 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Akirk Friends, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-02-29.
How severe is CVE-2024-1978?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-1978 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.