Simple Local Avatars: A security weakness
Simple Local Avatars is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Simple Local Avatars
- Plugin slug
simple-local-avatars- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Aug 12, 2025
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Aug 12, 2025 and is one of 3 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Simple Local Avatars to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
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.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N