CVE-2025-7504

HIGH EPSS 47.0%
Published Jul 12, 202511mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
8.8 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Jul 12, 2025 11mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

The Friends plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in version 3.5.1 via deserialization of untrusted input of the query_vars parameter This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject a PHP Object. No known POP chain is present in the vulnerable software, which means this vulnerability has no impact unless another plugin or theme containing a POP chain is installed on the site. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it may allow the attacker to perform actions like delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code depending on the POP chain present. This requires access to the sites SALT_NONCE and and SALT_KEY to exploit.

CVSS Details

Base Score
8.8
Exploitability
2.8
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
47.0% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data Validation

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
alex.kirkfriends* <3.5.2

References 5

  • drive.google.com https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K-_AcDk9BhUa0kSQ_M-UUnLgmnYJTA0l/view
    Exploit
  • github.com https://github.com/akirk/friends/pull/537
    Patch
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3306684%40friends&new=3306684%40friends&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
    Patch
  • wordpress.org https://wordpress.org/plugins/friends/
    Product
  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cf91d75e-cef4-4154-aa16-6ca96db9c5bb?source=cve
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/akirk/friends/pull/537
    Patch
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3306684%40friends&new=3306684%40friends&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
    Patch