CVE-2025-8482 (GCVE-0-2025-8482)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-12 06:42 – Updated: 2025-08-12 16:04
VLAI?
Title
Simple Local Avatars <= 2.8.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Avatar Migration
Summary
The Simple Local Avatars plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data in version 2.8.4. This is due to a missing capability check on the migrate_from_wp_user_avatar() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to migrate avatar metadata for all users.
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
10up Simple Local Avatars Affected: * , ≤ 2.8.4 (semver)
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Credits
Håkon Harnes
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