CVE-2024-12028

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 None

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2024-12028

Assigner
Wordfence

Vulnerability Status
PUBLISHED

Published Version
2024-12-06T08:24:55.598Z

Last Modified Date
2024-12-06T17:23:13.155Z

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-862	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/980b16d4-3c4a-4ed1-af46-f39f3ec6dd19?source=cve
https://wordpress.org/plugins/friends/#developers

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12028
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-12028

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2024-12-07 13:26:33				Added to TrackCVE