WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Friends < 2.8.6 - Authenticated (Admin+) Blind Server-Side Request Forgery

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.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 2.8.6

References

Classification

Type
SSRF
OWASP top 10
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Francisco Gutierrez
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2024-02-28 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2024-02-28 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2024-02-28 (about 2 years ago)

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