CVE-2025-7504 json
Friends 3.5.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection
published last yr. modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2025-21210
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.8%
- EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- alex.kirk friends 3.5.2
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- last yr.
Exploit prediction
0.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
Exploits and checks
- drive.google.com https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K-_AcDk9BhUa0kSQ_M-UUnLgmnYJTA0l/view referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- akirk Friends
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data
- Technology feeds
References
-
github.com
/akirk/friends/pull/537
patch
-
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3306684%40friends&new=3306684%40friends&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
patch
-
drive.google.com
/file/d/1K-_AcDk9BhUa0kSQ_M-UUnLgmnYJTA0l/view
exploit
-
wordfence.com
/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cf91d75e-cef4-4154-aa16-6ca96db9c5bb?source=cve
third-party-advisory
-
wordpress.org
/plugins/friends/
product
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-7504
- NVD CVE-2025-7504
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