Friends <= 3.2.1 - Missing Authorization

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-12028
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published December 5, 2024
Last Updated December 10, 2024
Researcher Colin Xu
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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug friends (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.2.1
Patched Version
  • 3.2.2
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