Is CVE-2024-1978 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-1978 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-1978?

CVE-2024-1978 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-1978?

CVE-2024-1978 has an EPSS score of 0.46% (37th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-1978?

Upgrade friends to 2.8.6 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-1978

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-918Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

How to fix

Remediation Available

friendsNVD

Affected:< 2.8.6Fixed in:2.8.6CVE-2024-1978derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.46%probability of exploitation in 30 days

37thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 37% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Third-Party Advisory1

wordfence.com

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CVE-2024-21893	High	8.2	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-40438	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-34473	Critical	9.1	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-26855	Critical	9.1	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-21985	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2022-41040	High	8.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-08.