CVE-2024-12028

Published: Dec 6, 2024Modified: Jun 17, 2026Deferred

5.3

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 1.4

Source: security@wordfence.com (Secondary)

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.

Related CWEs

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

References (3)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3203812%40friends%2Ftrunk&old=3199284%40friends%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://wordpress.org/plugins/friends/#developers

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/980b16d4-3c4a-4ed1-af46-f39f3ec6dd19?source=cve

Source: security@wordfence.com

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