Known vulnerabilities in Friends

A self-hosted social reader for WordPress: follow people via RSS and ActivityPub, with multiple themes and a plugin ecosystem.

3Reported vulnerabilities

8.8Highest CVSS score

4.2.1Latest version

900+Active installs

What to do now

Update Friends to 3.5.2 or later. 3 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: July 13, 2026 / Tested up to WordPress: 7.0.4 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2025-7504	High 8.8	0.7%	Before 3.5.2	`3.5.2`	July 12, 2025
CVE-2024-1978	Medium 5.5	0.5%	Before 2.8.6	`2.8.6`	February 29, 2024
CVE-2024-12028	Medium 5.3	0.4%	0 to 3.2.1 (inclusive) 0 to 3.2.1 (inclusive)	`3.2.2`	December 6, 2024

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.